Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning effective Monday, becoming the highest ranking member of President Donald Trump’s administration to resign in protest after the pro-Trump insurrection at Capitol
DC riots updates: Capitol Police officer dies from injuries; FBI offers $50K reward for pipe bomb suspect info Jorge L. Ortiz, John Bacon, N dea Yancey-Bragg and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
As Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, protests flared in cities across the country
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WASHINGTON A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday after being injured when supporters of President Donald Trump raided the Capitol building on Wednesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five.
Brian D. Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters on Wednesday, USCP said in a statement. He returned to his division office and collapsed, then was taken to a local hospital where he died Thursday evening.
2021/01/08 14:38 FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt Yo. FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadka. Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Donald Trump announced Friday he won t be going to Joe Biden s inauguration To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th, he tweeted as he also sent tweet praising his supporters as patriots
He has been bunkered down in Oval Office
Aides and allies have described him as a total monster and mad King George
President Donald Trump initially resisted taping his video message acknowledging his election loss
He did so after White House counsel Pat Cipollone warned him of legal danger
Justice Department said it would not rule out pursuing charges against President Trump for his possible role in encouraging the insurgents
Despite all of the groundwork and documentary evidence, social media users and allies of the president floated an alternate explanation for the insurrection.