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Facebook and Twitter temporarily lock Trump's account after riot on Capitol Hill
Date: 2021-01-07 06:46:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8742141
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of locking President Donald Trump's account on their platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol building to protest the election, CNN ....
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Four deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol
Date: 2021-01-07 06:40:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8742135
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Four people died and 52 were arrested, Washington D.C.'s police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's ....
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergency for 15 days
Date: 2021-01-07 06:29:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8742123
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - The mayor of Washington, D.C. extended the city’s public emergency for 15 more days, New York Post reported on Thursday. This came in response to the chaotic pro-Trump protests that erupted inside the US Capitol late ....
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British foreign secretary: No justification for violence in US Capitol
Date: 2021-01-06 22:50:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:84 - ID:8742049
LONDON, Jan 6 ( MENA) - Foreign Secretary Dominic Rabb said there is no justification for violence in US Capitol, Sky News reported Wednesday. In a tweet on his Tweeter account Rabb said: "The US rightly takes great pride in its democracy and ....
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Trump tells rioters to 'go home' while repeating election lies
Date: 2021-01-06 22:33:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8742055
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - 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", CNN reported. "I know your pain. I know you're hurt. We had an election that ....
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UK PM describes scene on Capitol Hill as "disgraceful"
Date: 2021-01-06 22:12:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8742020
LONDON, Jan 6 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described scenes in Washington, DC — where rioters have breached the US Capitol — as “disgraceful,” calling for a peaceful transfer of power, CNN reported. "Disgraceful scenes in US ....
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Biden: Our democracy under unprecedented assault
Date: 2021-01-06 21:39:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:8742012
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Trump supporters’ breach of the Capitol building was “an assault on the rule of law like few times we’ve ever seen it”, CNN reported. He called on President Trump to immediately ....
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DC attorney general calls on Trump to tell his supporters to stop storming the Capitol
Date: 2021-01-06 21:31:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:8741980
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) – DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine released a statement Wednesday afternoon as protesters stormed the Capitol, calling on President Trump to instruct his supporters to stop, The Hill reported. “We call on President ....
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Trump urges protesters to support police, law enforcement
Date: 2021-01-06 21:18:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:8741967
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - President Donald J. Trump urged protesters to support police and law enforcement in a tweet Wednesday as they breached the US Capitol, the CNN reported. Trump said in the tweet: "Please support our Capitol Police and ....
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DC mayor implements 6 pm ET curfew --mayor
Date: 2021-01-06 20:52:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8741960
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (MENA) - Washington, DC, will be under a 6:00 pm ET curfew that will remain in effect until 6:00 am Thursday, CNN reported quoting Mayor Muriel Bowser as having announced in a tweeted statement Wednesday. The Electoral College ....
