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‘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 […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump decides not to attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20

11:09 pm January 8, 2021

Washington : President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration on January 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. Trump offered no clues for how he would spent […]

Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts to be blocked until inauguration, says Zuckerberg

11:53 pm January 7, 2021

Washington: In an unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s accounts on its popular social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram – would remain suspended until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20. Announcing the decision, Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing President Trump to continue to use the platform during this period is ”simply too great.” Trump’s account will be […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer

11:19 pm January 7, 2021

Washington: Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the platform said Thursday. In a post announcing the unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump to use the platform is too great following the president’s incitement of a mob that touched off a deadly riot in the […]

Analysis: With call, Trump shows no limit to his power grab

9:35 pm January 5, 2021

Atlanta: President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — laid out in stark detail in an hour long weekend phone call with a Georgia election official — are demonstrating his unrestrained determination to maintain a grip on power no matter the consequences for the nation’s democratic traditions. Trump, in a Saturday […]