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Trump protesters warned not to carry guns as Washington DC calls up National Guard
Jan 06, 2021 14:42The 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 10:52US 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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Trump loyalists sue Mike Pence to give him power to overturn election results
Jan 05, 2021 09:52US Vice President Mike Pence has come under heavy pressure from President Trump to back an unconstitutional scheme to overturn his election defeat in a joint session of Congress.
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10 ex-Pentagon chiefs warn Trump over agenda to overturn election results
Jan 05, 2021 07:59Ten former chiefs of the US Department of Defense have warned outgoing President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the results of the presidential election through the use of US military.
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Pence welcomes futile bid by G.O.P. lawmakers to overturn election
Jan 03, 2021 17:57Vice President Mike Pence signaled support for a futile Republican bid to overturn the election in Congress next week, after 11 Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory when the House and Senate meet to formally certify it.
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The humiliation of Mike Pence
Jan 02, 2021 15:20US Representative Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — this time by suing Vice President Mike Pence. The last-ditch legal effort, filed recently, came from Gohmert, an eight-term congressman from Texas, along with 11 Arizona residents who had been nominated by that state’s Republican Party to serve as electors.
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At least 140 House Republicans to object count of electoral votes in Congress: Report
Jan 01, 2021 09:42At least 140 Republicans in the US House of Representatives are expected to object to the Electoral College vote next week when Congress is scheduled to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory, two lawmakers said.
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Trump’s wrecking ball of a transition
Dec 30, 2020 14:47US 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 is destroying his own party on the way out the door
Dec 28, 2020 15:25This holiday season, President Donald Trump has wreaked havoc on US Congress, its so-called democracy and its judicial system by pardoning political associates and convicted murderers.
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Bomb attack targets US-coalition supply convoy in central Iraq
Dec 27, 2020 17:42An improvised explosive device has targeted a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition in Iraq’s central province of Babil, but the blast did not cause any casualties or damage.