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Despite Donald Trump’s seeming lack of interest in the project, a number of his followers around the US have been flirting with the idea of forming a breakaway party of the right to challenge the Republican establishment. Most of these have names which use the word “patriot”. In Florida, former Republican voters registered the American Patriot Party of the United States — or TAPPUS, for short – while at the end of January a spokesman for the former president denied reports he was pla...

Read more about Pelosi announces plans for 9/11-type commission to probe Capitol attack on Business Standard. Pelosi has previously called for the formation of such a commission and said she believes there is a need for it

Read more about Democratic congressman sues Donald Trump over role in Capitol riot on Business Standard. A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol

A senior Democratic congressman sued former president Donald Trump Monday, accusing him of violating the 19th century "Ku Klux Klan Act" by supporting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The lawsuit from Rep. Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress

A Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Trump of conspiring with far-right extremists in the Capitol riot, and the attorney general of Washington, D.C., is weighing charges over the riot as well.

Read more about Democratic congressman Thompson sues Trump over role in US Capitol riot on Business Standard. The case also names as defendants the Republican former presidents personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and groups including the Proud Boys

Donald Trumps acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether hes to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be the courts. Now a private citizen, Trump is stripped of his protection from legal liability that the presidency gave him. That change in status is something that even Republicans who voted on Saturday to acquit of inciting the January 6 attack are stressing as they urge Americans to move on from impeachment. Pre...

Does the world seem in turmoil? COVID-19 has certainly caused great upheaval, but it’s not alone in confusing our sense of what life should be like. Over the past five years, the world has experienced a constant stream of mass protests. If you live in the United States and Canada, you’ve been a witness to the Black Lives Matter protests, which started here and spread to other countries, and the often violent counter-demonstrations, pro-gun and anti-gun rallies in both countries, and both pr...

The vote to acquit former President Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol is a symptom of the dramatic decline of the US constitutional system, which is being eroded from within.