Capitol rioter to CNN: We could absolutely f***ing destroy you
Journalists reported on violence and chaos in real time as rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday, and some members of the media experienced the wrath…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says Trump is a ‘failed leader’ and urges unity after Capitol siege
In a call for unity following Wednesday’s siege of the US Capitol, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingStelter: Fox News and Facebook are part of the pro-Trump fantasyland that enabled the Capitol siege
A sick brew of misinformation and hate, cooked up for years by pro-Trump media and enabled by Big Tech, culminated last Wednesday in the siege of the…
Continue ReadingSenator-elect Warnock contrasts his election with the Capitol attack in his first sermon back
The Rev. Raphael Warnock said Sunday his election victory was a “glimpse of God’s vision” as he delivered his first sermon at…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
When President Donald Trump signed the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law in December, so began the 180-day…
Continue ReadingThe Capitol siege began with a web of delusion
The Capitol insurrection didn’t come out of thin air: It was a result of rage and a web of delusion that many supporters of President Donald…
Continue ReadingToomey says Trump should resign and could face ‘criminal liability’
Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that President Donald Trump should resign from office and could face “criminal liability” after the deadly…
Continue ReadingRestaurant workers and bartenders in need are getting ‘adopted’ through Facebook
The restaurant industry is among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In communities across the US, people are “adopting”…
Continue ReadingMillions left without paid sick leave after Congress let pandemic benefit expire
Tens of millions of workers lost the right to paid sick and family leave at the end of December after Congress failed to extend them in the new…
Continue ReadingSister of Black woman killed by US Capitol police angered by response to white rioters
Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey. Carey’s younger sister, Miriam Carey, was fatally shot by Capitol…
Continue Reading‘This is our most dangerous time.’ Covid-19 deaths are at unprecedented levels as US cases top 22 million
The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming…
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Canadians call out leaders for breaking their own Covid-19 rules
It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime for 9-year-old Braeden Lousier-Hicks of Airdrie, Alberta, who has an extremely rare genetic disease. After…
Continue ReadingDOJ announces charges against man carrying Pelosi’s podium and others in US Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors have charged three men and the FBI arrested another on Saturday in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the US Capitol,…
Continue ReadingAs Biden raises money for his virtual inauguration, lobbyists prepare for a scaled-down schmooze-fest
Presidential inaugurations — and the swirl of festivities that surround them — usually offer prime schmoozing opportunities: Lobbyists…
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Apple suspends Parler from App Store
Apple removed Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store on Saturday. “[T]here is no place on…
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Disturbing video shows officer crushed against door by mob storming the Capitol
A horrifying video from Wednesday’s Capitol riots showed an officer crushed between waves of a pro-Trump mob and officers defending the…
Continue Reading‘This is our most dangerous time.’ Covid-19 deaths are at unprecedented levels in US
The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming…
Continue ReadingTrump considering Giuliani and Dershowitz for impeachment defense team
President Donald Trump is considering having Rudy Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz defend him if he faces another impeachment trial, two sources familiar…
Continue ReadingTrump would be only the 4th president to boycott his successor’s inauguration
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. If he follows…
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