Facebook follows, blocking the president’s account, for the first time, for 24 hours for what it said were two policy violations.
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Statehouses across nation close after Trump rioters storm U.S. Capitol
Hundreds of Trump supporters broke through the gates of the Washington governor’s mansion complex in Olympia late Wednesday, and Texas, Utah, New Mexico and Georgia closed or partially closed their statehouses in case protests turned violent.
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Amid violence, Trump says, ‘Remember this day forever!’
The president appears to excuse the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by supporters who disrupted the formalization of his electoral defeat.
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Maine police officials react to chaos at U.S. Capitol
One notes that President Trump could have averted the violent confrontations between his supporters and Capitol police if he had told his followers to stand down.
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Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack
Department email accounts were affected, and the nationwide case management system of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts was breached.
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Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law
It’s the largest move against the city’s pro-democracy movement since a national security law was imposed by Beijing last June.
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Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow start
As of Wednesday, 5.3 million people in the U.S. had gotten their first shot out of the 17 million doses distributed so far.
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Experts see Capitol riot as product of years of hateful rhetoric
Experts on far-right extremism say the storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories.
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College hockey: UMaine improvement must start on defense
The Black Bears are 0-3-1, have allowed 21 goals and taken 29 penalties, trends that must change going into a weekend series at Vermont.