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With nine days left in the Trump presidency, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are forging ahead with plans to remove Trump from office.
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Twitter has permanently blocked the @realDonaldTrump account after President Trump posted messages that violated the company's rules.
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Thanks to the viral picture of Richard Barnett with his feet up in the House speaker's U.S. Capitol office, his Arkansas hometown has found itself in an unwelcome spotlight.
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President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in at the traditional ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol — minus the outgoing president.
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Ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution gives the vice president the ability to assume the powers of the presidency if he has the support of the executive Cabinet.
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A scholar of politics tells Texas Standard how political theater has consequences, and that the electoral college is “on the chopping block.”
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The House speaker said she had already made her interest known to Vice President Pence, and if he and the Cabinet don't act "Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment."
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The acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia says sedition is among the charges that could be considered against those who participated in the violence.
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“He has conducted himself shamelessly, and I think he has done this because he believes it's the only way, the only chance that he has to win the Republican nomination for president,” Joaquin Castro said.
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Members of Congress returned to the floor after pro-Trump extremists stormed the Capitol and halted certification proceedings.