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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Seven SEPTA officers are under investigation in Philadelphia after attending a rally for President Donald Trump that preceded the deadly riot on Capitol Hill last week, Action News has learned. SEPTA Transit Police Chief Thomas J. Nestel III confirmed that the investigation is to determine if the officers engaged in criminal behavior or violated departmental policies, and not whether they attended the protest. "It's their first amendment right. They can do that if they chose, but what we're concerned about is whether they were involved in the criminal activity," said Ne...

Updated 11:35 p.m. ET Vice President Pence says he will not invoke the 25th Amendment to declare President Trump incapable of executing his duties. Pence&

Editorial Roundup: US Last Updated Jan 13, 2021 at 9:14 am EDT Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 12 The Miami Herald on “blue lives matter” and the deaths of two police officers after the U.S. Capitol riot: Do blue lives only matter when Black lives are perceived as the threat to them? Up until the weekend, when videos began to receive wide circulation, we had heard more about that idiot Adam Johnson — a Floridian of course — accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s lectern than we did about the law enforcement officers whom a frenzied mob of white ...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci First Lady Melania Trump has kept her powder dry on the storming of the U.S. Capitol for five days. Until today. The First Lady, on Monday, released a statement in which she shredded “the salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false, misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda.” She also condemned the violence at the Capitol. “Violence is never acceptable,” she said. Melania Trump makes first statement after Capitol riot “Make no mistake about it, I absolutely condemn the violence that has occurred o...

Live updates: Biden’s tone, flurry of orders underscore new day for U.S. By Vanessa Arredondo, Dominic Fracassa and Rita Beamish President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their new administration got to work in a nation besieged by a raging pandemic, economic calamity and deep political divisions. Biden signed 17 executive orders shortly after his swearing-in, dealing with the pandemic, climate change, immigration and other pressing issues that reflected the dramatic divergence of his priorities from those of the vanquished Trump administration. Latest updates...