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Trump protesters warned not to carry guns as Washington DC calls up National Guard
Jan 06, 2021 11:12The US capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by Donald Trump supporters in the lead-up to the congressional vote affirming Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump’s supporters are planning to rally on Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.
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Pence won’t interfere in election count despite pressure from Trump
Jan 06, 2021 07:22US Vice President Mike Pence will not reject the results of the Electoral College during Congress' certification process despite growing pressure from President Donald Trump to do so, advisers said.
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Proud Boys to flock to Washington 'incognito' for next pro-Trump protest
Jan 03, 2021 05:47Members of the Proud Boys will descend onto Washington, D.C. to attend pro-Donald Trump protests on January 6 the day Congress counts Electoral College votes and affirms the incumbent’s loss to Joe Biden.
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Iranian academics commemorate assassinated Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 03, 2021 03:53Tehran University held a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the US assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Deputy Leader of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Some inside US' may avenge Trump-authorized Gen. Soleimani's assassination: IRGC
Jan 01, 2021 06:37Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says people inside the US may avenge the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Unbelievably cruel: Sanders slams Trump's intransigence as millions lose unemployment lifeline
Dec 30, 2020 16:15While the US president golfed, Americans suffered. "People are losing their extended unemployment benefits," said the senator from Vermont. "They're going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending."
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Trump undermined civilian control of the military. With his Pentagon pick, Biden has too
Dec 30, 2020 16:11Americans have always been skeptical of concentrated government power, and concentrated military power is at the top of the list.
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President Rouhani: US, Zionist entity murdered Gen. Soleimani to avenge defeat in region
Dec 30, 2020 11:47President Hassan Rouhani has described the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani as “an act of revenge” by the US and the illegal Zionist entity against the Islamic Republic and other independent nations that foiled the pair’s sinister plots to destabilize the region.
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Trump’s wrecking ball of a transition
Dec 30, 2020 11:17US President Donald Trump’s 11th hour decision to blow up the stimulus negotiations has also jeopardized much needed financial relief for millions of Americans. Rather than showing a genuine effort to pressure Republicans to agree to legislation House Democrats passed in May, which would have provided $1,200 checks for individuals and up to $6,000 per household, Trump decided to intervene only after Congress finally agreed on individual payments of $600 – saying he wanted $2,000 checks instead.
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Trump could be prosecuted, go to jail over pardons: Constitutional law expert
Dec 27, 2020 18:19US President Donald Trump’s recent executive pardons for his friends and political allies amount to criminal obstruction of justice -- an offense for which the president could be prosecuted and potentially go to jail once he leaves office, says a prominent constitutional law expert.