News of capitol

'An insult' — Trump responds to two-year Facebook ban

04-06-2021 14:59 Facebook says it has banned former US President Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment possible for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol.

UNITED STATES

Trump lawyers demand acquittal in impeachment trial

13-02-2021 09:43 Democratic impeachment managers rested their case Thursday after two days of hearings. Trump's lawyers wrapped up their case after just three hours.

AS I SEE IT

Life without Trump will not be easy

23-01-2021 09:50 Trump was elected because he understood that many millions of North Americans were being left to rot by the credentialed technocratic “elites” who openly despise anyone who disagrees with them. These “deplorables” are not about to go away.

by James Neilson

UNIQUE HANDOVER IN WASHINGTON

Insurrection, impeachment, infamy, inauguration

23-01-2021 09:11 On a strange, security-heavy inauguration day in Washington, Joe Biden vows to unite a country in the face a series of unprecedented crises.

by Julia Logue

BIDEN INAUGURATION

Biden's arrival in Washington framed by division, heavy security

19-01-2021 22:52 US President-elect Joe Biden arrives in Washington, ahead of the most extraordinary transfer of power in most Americans’ lifetimes.

AS I SEE IT

Censorship is on the march

16-01-2021 09:05 Once upon a time, progressives, or “liberals” as North Americans call them, agreed that censorship was bad. They would have been appalled by the notion that the richest men on Earth were entitled to prevent the sitting US president, however obnoxious many thought him, from communicating with his followers.

by James Neilson

TRUMP ERA DRAWS TO CLOSE

Good riddance America – now let’s move on

16-01-2021 08:51 Ding, dong, let’s hope the Donald is politically dead.

by James Grainger

TRUMP ERA DRAWS TO CLOSE

Prosecutors believe pro-Trump rioters sought to 'assassinate' lawmakers

16-01-2021 08:45 Washington heads into lockdown ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration of US president-elect Joe Biden; Trump to depart White House and head to Florida before event.

UNITED STATES

US lawmakers vote to impeach Trump for second time

13-01-2021 18:54 Donald Trump becomes first US president in history to be impeached twice, after House of Representatives votes to charge him with inciting last week's mob attack on Congress.

UNITED STATES

US lawmakers to vote on impeachment as Republicans break from Trump

13-01-2021 11:19 Cracks emerge in US president's Republican support, with several now backing his removal on the eve of an all-but-certain historic second impeachment.

UNITED STATES

US Democrats move to impeach Trump in final days of presidency

11-01-2021 14:15 Democrats introduce article of impeachment accusing Trump of "incitement of insurrection" over his role in Wednesday's storming of the US Capitol by his supporters.

AS I SEE IT

Too many very angry people

09-01-2021 09:21 Millions of people who are neither that well-off nor desperately poor think the current economic arrangements are not working for them.

by James Neilson

UNITED STATES

Trump to skip Biden inauguration as presidency implodes

09-01-2021 09:03 US president says he won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, his supporters mounted a violent insurrection at the US Capitol earlier this week.

UNITED STATES

The United States’ credibility has been stormed

09-01-2021 08:58 The images from Washington are enough to do the work of many thousands of words for the world’s propagandists.

UNITED STATES

American carnage: Trump presidency careens toward violent end

09-01-2021 08:44 Four years after promising to banish “American carnage” in his inaugural address on the steps of the US Capitol, he brought it to the door of US democracy.

CHAOS IN WASHINGTON

Latin American lessons for the United States’ damaged democracy

09-01-2021 07:16 Being able to disrupt the constitutional process, whether directly or indirectly, through the use of violence is an indication that said democratic process is breaking down.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

UNITED STATES

Trump finally folds and condemns rioters, concedes election

07-01-2021 22:13 Trump backs down and appeals for "healing and reconciliation" following Wednesday's unprecedented scenes of violence at the US Capitol. US president pledges a smooth transition of power to Joe Biden.

UNITED STATES

Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate removal from office

07-01-2021 17:45 US President-elect Joe Biden slams Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol, saying the outgoing Republican leader was responsible for one of the "darkest days" in US history.

GLOBAL REACTION

Fernández joins world leaders in condemning 'assault on US democracy'

06-01-2021 23:27 World leaders and governments react with shock to events in United States, as pro-Trump mob breaches US Capitol. President Alberto Fernández condemns "serious acts of violence" in Washington DC.

UNFOLDING OF A CRISIS

Day of chaos in United States as pro-Trump mob besieges US Capitol

06-01-2021 23:18 World reacts with shock and horror on Wednesday as a mob of Donald Trump supporters, encouraged by the president, stormed the US Capitol in a bid to thwart US lawmakers.

US DEMOCRACY IN CHAOS

US lawmakers decry 'coup' as Trump supporters storm Congress

06-01-2021 17:39 Trump supporters storm a session of Congress held to certify Joe Biden's win, as a desperate last-minute bid by the president to overturn his election loss sparks chaos and accusations of a "coup" attempt.

UNITED STATES

Protesters breach US Capitol, force evacuation of lawmakers

06-01-2021 17:06 The US House and Senate were forced into emergency recess on Wednesday after pro-Trump protesters breached security cordons and entered the Capitol building after clashing with police.