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Answers to your questions about what happened, when it happened, and how many people have been killed, injured, or taken hostage as of this writing.

A two vehicle crash at the main intersection in Freeland sent two people to a hospital Wednesday.

Advocates call for answers on how Mexico will handle expulsions, increased stresses on asylum system after end of Title 42.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

The first full day of arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump took place on Wednesday. Tuesday’s proceedings had focused on the constitutionality of holding impeachment proceedings for a former president, with the Senate voting 56-44 that the trial is legal. The prosecution and defence each have 16 hours to present their case, with House impeachment managers going first. House managers argued Trump’s campaign of misinformation to overturn the victory of Pr...

The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has begun. Tuesday’s proceedings focused on the constitutionality of holding impeachment proceedings for a former president with four hours of debate allocated to the issue. Now that a majority has voted to proceed, the prosecution and defence will have 16 hours each to present their case. House impeachment managers argued that Trump’s campaign of misinformation to overturn the victory of President Joe Biden, and his comments to ...

12 Jan 2021 - 20:06 GMT US Chamber CEO says Trump undermined US democratic institutions US Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue has called Trump’s actions last week in connection with rioting at the Capitol “absolutely unacceptable and completely inexcusable”. Donohue told a news conference that Trump “undermined our democratic institutions and ideals” and it was up to Vice President Mike Pence, the Cabinet and Congress to decide whether to try to remove Trump early through the Cons...

The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection” for his behaviour and remarks leading up to last Wednesday’s siege of the US Capitol. Trump has become first president in US history to be impeached twice, with legislators voting 232-197 to impeach him on Wednesday. Ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting for impeachment. The move comes after Vice President Mike Pence said he would not invoke the 25th Amendment and declare Trump unabl...

The agency said in an internal bulletin that nationwide protests could begin this week, US media reported.

Four people are dead, 52 arrested as protesters entered US Capitol building as legislators meet. Chaos comes after Trump encouraged the crowd to march to Capitol. The US House and Senate rejected the Republican objection to Pennsylvania’s vote results. Here’s Al Jazeera’s coverage of the US elections. This is Tamila Varshalomidze taking over from Creede Newton. We are closing this blog now. These were the updates up to 16:00 GMT on Thursday, January 7. For the latest news look here. 7 Jan...