List of U.S. Congress articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House with President Donald Trump. U.S. Diplomats Draft Dissent Cable Following Storming of Capitol by Pro-Trump Mob
State Department officials expressed anger at the department’s gag order on messaging as violence wracked Washington, saying the incident has caused untold damage to U.S. efforts to promote democratic values abroad.
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Members of the Swat team patrol and secure the Statuary Hall before U.S. Vice President makes his way into the House Chamber, at the U.S. Capitol, on the morning of Jan. 7 hours after a mob invaded the building. Will the World Take the United States Seriously After the Capitol Invasion?
After a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress, Americans might have a harder time accomplishing their diplomatic goals from Europe to China.
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses his supporters at a rally near the White House in Washington before the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Invoke the 25th Amendment—Now
Trump’s actions on Wednesday have led to an unavoidable national reckoning.
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Police officers attempt to push back a mob supporting U.S. President Donald Trump as the rioters try to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Carnage Comes to the Capitol
Donald Trump decried ‘American carnage’ in his 2017 inaugural address on the Capitol steps. His rhetoric made it a reality in 2021.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen through a damaged entrance of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 7. America Can’t Promote Democracy Abroad. It Can’t Even Protect It at Home.
Wednesday’s failed insurrection shows how the global ambitions of foreign-policy elites are divorced from reality—and undermined by domestic dysfunction.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachment at the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. Impeachment Calls Gain Momentum After Pro-Trump Mob Storms Congress
Trump has become “unmoored” from reality, warns lone Republican congressman joining Democrats in calls to remove the president.
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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces, as they storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Trump’s Enablers Face Violent Reckoning
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says Trump will “deservedly be left a man without a country.”
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U.S. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door broken by pro-Trump extremists during a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6. The Military Stayed Out of the Insurrection, but It Isn’t Over Yet
Trump failed because key Republicans backed down and the military stayed out—yet critical questions remain.
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A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol building in Washington after breaking into it on Jan. 6. U.S. Allies Abroad Condemn Pro-Trump Mob Storming U.S. Capitol
European leaders urge Trump to finally concede the election for the sake of American democracy.
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Trump supporters confront police and security forces at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Why Nobody Protected the Capitol
The Capitol Police didn’t fail to prepare for an attack. It failed to imagine what kind of attack was coming.
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U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters National Guard Deployed as Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol
The U.S. president doubles down on baseless claims he won reelection, while Biden decries an “insurrection.”
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A protester is seen hanging from the balcony in the Senate chamber in Washington on Jan. 6. as pro-Trump protesters have entered the U.S. Capitol building. Pro-Trump Mob Breaches Capitol, Pence Evacuated, Election Certification Paused
After the U.S. president riled up crowds with baseless claims of voter fraud, mobs broke into the Capitol and interrupted Biden’s official certification.
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Rep. Gregory Meeks in 2017 New House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vows Pompeo Investigations Will Continue
Rep. Gregory Meeks, who took the gavel this week, also urged the State Department to reverse its decision to close the last two U.S. consulates in Russia.
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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes Trump Ally Nunes Seeks to Derail Key Bill Funding Intelligence Community
The spy agencies will still get money, but Trump’s House allies are trying to hobble much-needed reforms.
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A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type of drone that could be sold to the United Arab Emirates, is seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on April 25, 2013. Senate Effort to Stop Trump Arms Sales to UAE Fails
But the vote laid down a marker for the incoming Biden administration on Democrats’ opposition to Middle Eastern arms sales and U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen.
