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• Capitol riots: Panel of Americans ‘shocked’ and ‘disgusted’

  07-01-2021 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We asked people around the US how they responded to the chaotic scenes from the US Capitol.
  
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• Officer appears to pose for selfie with rioter

  07-01-2021 23:41 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper reports on the Capitol Police's response to the riots after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for the resignation of the US Capitol Police chief.
  
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• Aides shaken by Trump's behavior during riots

  07-01-2021 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports on the fallout for President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, following the riots at the US Capitol.
  
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• John Kelly says he would vote to invoke 25th Amendment

  07-01-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said that if he were a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet he would support using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the President from office following a deadly riot at the US Capitol.
  
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• Capitol riots: Questions mount over security failure

  07-01-2021 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The violent breach has sparked serious concerns in Washington and beyond.
  
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• Federal prosecutors looking at Trump's role in inciting crowd

  07-01-2021 22:59 via cnn.com
  
  Federal investigators are looking at everyone involved in the unrest at the US Capitol on Wednesday, including the role President Donald Trump played in inciting the crowd, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, said Thursday.
  
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• Graham criticizes Trump and Giuliani over Capitol riots

  07-01-2021 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reacts to pro-Trump supporters rioting at the US Capitol.
  
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• Bolton: Think Trump will cede power to Pence? Think again

  07-01-2021 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, talks to Jake Tapper about the likelihood of Trump's cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment against him following the deadly riots in Washington, DC.
  
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• Personal trainers recommend the best kettlebells

  07-01-2021 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Shopping for a kettlebell? We asked personal trainers and fitness pros to share their recommendations for the best kettlebells to buy right now.
  
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• Joe Scarborough lambasts Capitol police: You opened the f***ing doors for them

  07-01-2021 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The morning after rioters violently stormed the US Capitol, "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough passionately reprimanded Capitol police and said Trump should be "sent to jail today."
  
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• Keilar on Republicans: When you sell your soul, there's a debt to settle

  07-01-2021 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar says that Republican lawmakers who support President Trump have fueled the language and conspiracy theories that led to the riots at the US Capitol.
  
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• CNN anchor: When you sell your soul, there's a debt to settle

  07-01-2021 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar says that Republican lawmakers who support President Trump have fueled the language and conspiracy theories that led to the riots at the US Capitol.
  
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• Pelosi calls on Pence to invoke 25th Amendment. Biden condemns Trump for 'inciting a mob'. Cabinet member resigns.

  07-01-2021 21:35 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • What's the 25th Amendment and how does it work?
  
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• US flies two bombers to Middle East in another Iran deterrence mission

  07-01-2021 21:34 via cnn.com
  
  The US military flew two B-52 bombers to the Middle East Thursday from their base in the United States -- the fourth such deployment and show of force by the US Air Force aimed at sending a message to Iran in the past two months.
  
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• Company that makes mahjong sets apologizes after critics say it game designs were culturally insensitive

  07-01-2021 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  A Texas company that makes pricy, brightly colored mahjong tiles is apologizing after critics called its redesign of the popular Chinese game culturally insensitive.
  
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• Pelosi threatens to proceed with impeachment

  07-01-2021 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  What's the 25th Amendment and how does it work?
  
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• TV host drops f-bomb in on-air rant against rioters

  07-01-2021 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Former Congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough went on a nearly 8-minute long rant against Capitol Hill rioters, police and the President during his "Morning Joe" show.
  
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• 'My new life with a stranger's face'

  07-01-2021 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robert's face transplant was a medical miracle - his recovery since is a remarkable test of faith and identity.
  
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• State Department political appointee fired by White House after tweeting Trump was unfit for office

  07-01-2021 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  A State Department political appointee was fired by the White House Thursday after tweeting on Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump is unfit for office and was to blame for the mob attack on the US Capitol, according to two sources familiar with the firing.
  
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• Boris Johnson condemns Trump's actions

  07-01-2021 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemns President Trump's actions to encourage riots at the US Capitol and says that he's glad that democracy has prevailed.
  
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• World leaders react to the storming of the Capitol

  07-01-2021 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Riots at the Capitol have caused horror among US allies, while CNN's Clarissa Ward said that US adversaries were quick to use the unrest to their advantage.
  
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• Body of man who fell into Victoria Falls in New Year's Day tragedy retrieved

  07-01-2021 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  The body of a man who fell into Victoria Falls gorge on New Year's Day has been retrieved after a group of volunteers abseiled and swam to reach his body, authorities told CNN.
  
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• Capitol Hill riot comparison to Brexit puts UK lawmaker under fire

  07-01-2021 20:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A senior Welsh politician is under fire after comparing Wednesday’s unrest on Capitol Hill to those who backed a second referendum on Brexit.
  
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• Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell's wife, resigns her Cabinet post in wake of Capitol riot

  07-01-2021 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement Thursday that she is resigning, becoming the first Cabinet member to leave the administration in the wake of President Donald Trump's response to a mob of his supporters breaching the US Capitol.
  
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• Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell's wife, resigns from Cabinet post

  07-01-2021 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement Thursday that she is resigning, becoming the first Cabinet member to leave the administration in the wake of President Donald Trump's response to a mob of his supporters breaching the US Capitol.
  
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• New NASA space telescope will explore the Big Bang

  07-01-2021 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  A new space telescope will help scientists look back in time at the origin of our universe and the galaxies and planetary systems that have populated it ever since.
  
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• Iran warns Trump of 'revenge', Iraq issues arrest warrant for president in Soleimani killing

  07-01-2021 20:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is warning President Trump that “revenge on the perpetrators of [General Qassem] Soleimani’s martyrdom is definite and serious,” according to a video that has surfaced on Twitter. 
  
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• Scotland's justice minister wants to bar Trump from coming to UK after he 'incited a violent mob'

  07-01-2021 20:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Scotland's Justice Minister Humza Yousaf is calling on officials to deny President Trump's entry into the U.K. following the riots in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, blaming him directly for inciting a "violent mob" at the nation's Capitol. 
  
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• Lawyer for Trump campaign withdraws after saying election cases were used to commit crime

  07-01-2021 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  A Pennsylvania lawyer who represented the Trump campaign in one of its early election challenges told a federal judge Thursday "the client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime," one day after a mob of Trump supporters turned violent and stormed the US Capitol Building.
  
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• Nearly 6,200 National Guard mobilized to provide security to DC

  07-01-2021 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  A handful of states and the District of Columbia are mobilizing approximately 6,200 National Guard members to Washington to provide security to the city following Wednesday's deadly riot at the US Capitol, a US defense official tells CNN.
  
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• Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says

  07-01-2021 19:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump and top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the US Capitol when Trump-backed rioters stormed the halls of Congress on Wednesday, a source close to the vice president tells CNN.
  
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• What's the 25th Amendment and how does it work?

  07-01-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump only has two weeks left in office, but after he fomented an assault by rioters on the US Capitol, some Republicans are actively considering whether to remove him in these final throes of his administration.
  
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• What we know about who stormed the Capitol

  07-01-2021 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There's speculation over who was involved in the protests and whether they belong to organised groups.
  
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• Rare doctor's note reveals Napoleon Bonaparte's poor health in later years

  07-01-2021 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  A rare note written by a doctor who treated Napoleon Bonaparte has revealed how the French military leader and emperor suffered with sickness and pain in the years before his death.
  
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• Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person

  07-01-2021 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk is getting close to grabbing the title of world's richest person from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
  
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• Next stop, $50,000? Bitcoin's relentless surge rolls on

  07-01-2021 18:41 via cnn.com
  
  Bitcoin first topped $19,000 in December 2017 before crashing spectacularly to around $3,200 a year later. But long-term buy and hold bitcoin bulls, or HODLers as they're known in crypto circles, are having the last laugh.
  
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• A day after inciting a mob, Trump attempts his version of normalcy

  07-01-2021 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump attempts a surreal return to normalcy a day after inciting a mob of his supporters to riot, culminating in the first breach the US Capitol in 200 years.
  
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• The Senate Democratic leader and some Republicans are calling for the 25th amendment to be invoked

  07-01-2021 18:34 via edition.cnn.com
  
  What's the 25th Amendment and how does it work?
  
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• Chinese city of 11 million enters lockdown after coronavirus surge

  07-01-2021 18:28 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Local authorities will attempt to carry out citywide testing while residents are prevented from leaving.
  
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• This Trump ally's political ploy backfired massively

  07-01-2021 18:24 via cnn.com
  
  Josh Hawley looked like he had seen a ghost.
  
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• Capitol riot: Five startling images from the siege

  07-01-2021 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  News photographers captured extraordinary scenes as Trump supporters stormed the building.
  
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• Guatemala mine's ex-security chief convicted of Indigenous leader's murder

  07-01-2021 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Mynor Padilla pleaded guilty over death of Adolfo Ich in 2009Mining firms accused of litany of abuses in Central AmericaA judge in Guatemala has accepted a guilty plea by the former head of security at Central America’s largest nickel mine who was on trial for killing an Indigenous leader, in a rare conviction over human rights violations allegedly linked to Canadian-owned mining companies in the region.Mynor Padilla was found guilty on Wednesday of homicide for the 2009 fatal shooting of
  
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• Facebook bans Trump from posting for remainder of his term in office

  07-01-2021 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook's restrictions on President Donald Trump's account will continue for at least the next two weeks and perhaps "indefinitely," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post on Thursday.
  
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• Schumer calls on Pence to use 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office

  07-01-2021 17:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  The blistering demand came one day after Trump incited a crowd of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol.
  
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• Trump administration officials quit in protest

  07-01-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability.
  
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• Some Trump officials resign while others stay to prevent chaos

  07-01-2021 17:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability.
  
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• These are the rioters who stormed the Capitol

  07-01-2021 17:37 via cnn.com
  
  • Shocking photos from the Capitol chaos
  • See the damage to the Capitol building
  
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• Kamchatka: Frozen waterfall collapse kills one in Russia's far east

  07-01-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three others are injured after ice falls from a waterfall at a popular tourist site in the far east.
  
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• What we know about the four people who died in the riot

  07-01-2021 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  One woman was fatally shot by police and three people died of apparent medical emergencies Wednesday when a mob of President Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook may block Trump 'indefinitely'

  07-01-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook's restrictions on President Donald Trump's account will continue for at least the next two weeks and perhaps "indefinitely," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post on Thursday.
  
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