A Queens man who told federal agents he wanted to join the far-right Proud Boys group was charged with a weapons offense on Wednesday after messages he posted on social media around the time of the Capitol riot raised alarms, according to prosecutors and court documents. The man, Eduard Florea, had been detained late Tuesday […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing to police violent content, may never get back online, said its CEO John Matze. As a procession of business vendors severed ties with the two-year-old site following the storming of […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A Virginia man who took part in the storming of the US Capitol wearing a sweatshirt that said “Camp Auschwitz” is among a number of people arrested by the FBI over the assault, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday (Jan 12). Robert Keith Parker appeared in a virtual hearing in the US […]
Donald Trump has become the only US president to be impeached twice. He was first impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine about political rival Joe Biden. The 45th president was acquitted by the Republican-led Senate last […]
WASHINGTON – The House began its debate on the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 13) afternoon, with Democrats accusing Mr Trump of inciting an insurrection by encouraging a mob of his supporters who stormed the Capitol last week in an attack that left five dead. The debate will last two hours, with […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Actor Tom Hanks will host a primetime television special on Jan 20 to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, organisers said on Wednesday (Jan 13). The 90-minute Celebrating America special will feature appearances by celebrities including Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons, according to a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of intelligence for the U.S. Capitol Police warned Congress in July that rebellion against COVID-19 precautions had accelerated violence by right-wing “revolutionary extremists,” according to congressional testimony. Four months before he joined the force, John K. Donohue, then a private security consultant, testified that the country desperately needed a sophisticated […]
Bill Jones had a brief but eventful term as the top elected official in his small New York town. Among other things, he was convicted of official misconduct and a gun charge, went into hiding twice to avoid arrest, spent time in jail and was ultimately stripped of his office. Scheduled for sentencing on the […]
Puerto Rico had just announced its first three cases of Covid-19 last March, a curfew was coming, and Ricardo A. Rosselló, the scientist-turned-governor who had resigned in disgrace months earlier, saw an opening. The once-popular former governor, who had long enjoyed a perch among the establishment elite, had been forced out after a series of […]
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet with him, European and US diplomats familiar with the matter said. The extraordinary snub of the top US diplomat, first reported by Reuters, came […]