President-elect Joe Biden speaks as a pro-Trump mob invades the US Capitol as Congress was trying to certify the 2020 election.
Trump tells rioters to ‘go home’ while repeating election lies
Hours after a mob of his supporters breached the US Capitol at his own prompting, President Donald Trump urged them in a video to “go home” while fanning their misplaced grievances about a stolen election...
‘Shock and disbelief’: The world reacts to riot at US capitol
World leaders and top diplomats have issued strong condemnations of rioters who stormed the US Capitol building in Washington, some pressing President Donald Trump to call off the violence. CNN’s Clarissa Ward has...
Rep. Nancy Mace: “I’m begging the president to get off Twitter” as protesters storm Capitol
A violent crowd of pro-Trump protesters pushed Capitol Hill into lockdown Wednesday afternoon as lawmakers were beginning the count of Electoral College votes. Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a Republican representing South...
Congresswoman describes holding location as “super-spreader event”
Representative Susan Wild said Wednesday that lawmakers evacuated from the Capitol building were placed in a secure location with 300 to 400 people. Holding members of Congress in the same location is a “super...
‘Go home. We love you’: Trump to protesters
Trump told protesters via video he knows their “pain” and repeated that “we had an election that was stolen from us.”
Biden: ‘Our democracy is under an unprecedented assault’
The president elect said the scene at the U.S. Capitol “borders on sedition.”