January 13, 2021
Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs are also scheduled to be executed this week but both executions were postponed by an appeals court.
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After a flurry of court activity, two of the three federal death row inmates scheduled to be put to death this week have had their executions delayed by a federal court.
The executions of Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs have been postponed because both inmates tested positive for COVID-19.
But the execution of Lisa Montgomery proceeded Tuesday night after a pair of Supreme Court rulings overturned two lower court delays in her execution. Montgomery is the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953. She was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m.
January 7, 2021
Analysis of dozens of videos taken at the storming of the U.S. Capitol building shows how the mob gained access and how far they made it inside.
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January 6 represented a massive failure to protect the United States Capitol, as throngs of Trump supporters streamed into the building after they forced Capitol Police to retreat. This video tracks the movements of extremists through the Capitol and shows how they were able to access restricted parts of the building after breaking windows and busting through entryways.
Our partners at Bellingcat published a report analyzing the movements and ideology of Ashli Babbit, who was shot and eventually died after trying to enter the Capitol s Speaker s Lobby.
January 7, 2021
The Facebook suspension will last at least until the end of President Trump s term, and Twitter hasn t closed the door on a permanent suspension.
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The president does not have access to his social media accounts this morning after he posted a series of tweets and videos addressing the riots in Washington, D.C.
The company demanding he remove the three tweets which violated its policies. If he doesn t delete them, the account stays locked.
Facebook is making similar moves.
The president has used his Twitter account to communicate to the world throughout his entire presidency.
I want to bring in Newsy technology reporter Tyler Adkinson for some insight on this. The president, he heavily relies on his own social media accounts to communicate with his followers. So, has he been able to use social media in any capacity since yesterday s lockouts to reach out to his followers?