WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Violent and chaotic protests at the US Capitol on Wednesday (Jan 6) led several states to close their own legislative buildings, though protests outside Washington remained mostly peaceful. Hundreds of supporters of US President Donald Trump broke through the gates of the Washington governor’s mansion complex in Olympia late Wednesday, flooding the […]

Former Republican president George W Bush has condemned the actions of Donald Trump and his supporters, branding the unrest at the US Capitol “mayhem” and the acts of a “banana republic”. It comes as members of the current president’s own party called on the White House to remove Donald Trump from power, with either impeachment […]

WASHINGTON – The United States Congress reconvened on Wednesday (Jan 6) night, 5-1/2 hours after its joint session to ceremonially count states’ electoral college votes and declare President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the election was suspended when a pro-Trump mob stormed and occupied the Capitol building. Denouncing the violence in strong language, lawmakers and […]

Twitter has locked the account of US president Donald Trump following tweets featuring unsubstantiated claims about election fraud which included alleged incitement of violence. In the midst of a violent protest on the Capitol building by Trump supporters, in which one woman died, Trump requested a stop to the violence but added that he ‘loved’ […]

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A small but rigorous clinical trial in Argentina has found that blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients can keep older adults from getting seriously sick with the coronavirus – if they get the therapy within days of the onset of the illness. The results, published Wednesday (Jan 6) in the New […]

All eyes are on the US Capitol Building tonight after Donald Trump supporters stormed it in a bid to stop Joe Biden being certified as the next president. It’s clearly a monumental moment in world politics, but many people on this side of the pond have found themselves Googling ‘What is the Capitol building?’ Let […]

US representatives are drawing up plans to impeach Donald Trump in an attempt to get rid of him after he incited a riot at the US Capitol building. Ihlan Omar, a US Representative for Minnesota, said she is beginning the process – which could see Trump removed from office – after Wednesday evening’s riots. She […]

Donald Trump sent a self-pitying video message urging ‘very special’ protesters who besieged the US Capitol to ‘go home’ and adding: ‘We love you.’ Speaking as the seat of the US government was overrun and trashed by his supporters on Wednesday, President Trump said: I know your pain, I know you’re hurt, we had an […]

Donald Trump vowed to march to the US Capitol with his supporters on Wednesday – then headed back to the White House and sent in the National Guard after the building was stormed. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Trump had green-lighted the National Guard to remove protesters from the Washington […]

A woman is believed to have been shot in the neck as supporters of Donald Trump storm the US capitol. Joe Biden’s certification as the next President of the United States has been halted as demonstrators barged into the building. Reports of the shooting came as Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell told Fox News shots […]