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Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Dorsey: Trump Twitter ban is ‘right’ but ‘dangerous’

2:02 pm January 14, 2021

New York: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has defended his company’s unprecedented decision to permanently suspend US President Donald Trump from the popular social media site, but warned that it could set a “dangerous precedent” and reflective of the company’s failure “to promote healthy conversation” across its platforms. Dorsey broke his silence since the company’s major decision in a series […]

US House passes resolution asking Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office

3:24 pm January 13, 2021

Washington : The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives, which is rushing ahead towards impeaching Donald Trump over the unprecedented Capitol Hill attack, has passed a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to remove the president from office. The resolution was voted by 223 to 205 votes on Tuesday night. The voting was mostly on party lines, with one Republican voting in favour of […]

Chuck Norris denies being at Capitol attack after lookalike’s image goes viral

3:03 pm January 13, 2021

Los Angeles: Veteran action star Chuck Norris has denied that he was part of the mob that attacked the Capitol Hill last week. The 80-year-old actor’s name was trending through Tuesday after a picture was uploaded to Twitter, showing a Donald Trump supporter next to a man with a likeness to Norris, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Norris, however, denied that he was the man in […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Republicans block measure calling for quick removal of Trump: AP report

10:14 pm January 11, 2021

Washington: A House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Donald Trump from office was blocked Monday by Republicans. Here’s the prior report.. As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — over the deadly riot at the U.S. […]

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

Whither democracy? Trump puts democracy at peril

6:32 pm January 10, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: The recent shootout at Capitol Hill in Washington DC by angry supporters of the outgoing US President Donald Trump, that claimed four lives including a woman who was an American Air Force veteran, is not just shell-shocking but has also confounded the whole world, particularly the democracies across the globe, and […]