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A Capitol police officer who responded to the riot last week led by supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., died off-duty on Saturday, the United States Capitol Police confirmed. Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, was part of the response as the pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, according…

When Twitter banned President Trump from its platform permanently on Friday, the thousands of tweets he put forth from his realDonaldTrump account over the past decade were wiped out. Retweets of realDonaldTrump tweets from other accounts now show a “this tweet is unavailable” message instead. But embeds of Trump’s original…

Users are surging on small, conservative, social media platforms after President Donald Trump’s ban from the world’s largest social networks, even as those platforms are seeing access throttled by the app marketplaces of tech’s biggest players. The social network, Parler, a network that mimics Twitter, is now the number one…

Donald Trump is the "most incompetent president in the history of the United States of America", president-elect Joe Biden has said. Responding to the US president's announcement that he would not be going to the inauguration, Mr Biden said it was a "good thing". He said it was one of…

Gary Player hits a shot during the PNC Championship at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club on Dec. 20, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images South African golfer Gary Player is facing a growing backlash for his decision to accept a medal from President Donald Trump less than a day…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — After months of tacitly or directly supporting President Donald Trump’s denial of the results of the 2020 election, top Montana Republicans denounced the violence that took over the nation’s Capitol and delayed Congress’ certification of the presidential election for Joe Biden. But one of them doubled…

In a step many thought would never come, Facebook and Twitter have suspended President Donald Trump from posting to their platforms following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. While some cheered the platforms’ actions, experts noted that the companies’ actions follow years of hemming and hawing on…

Protesters, refusing to accept President Donald Trump's defeat at the ballot box, pushed past police and stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Videos showed protesters, few wearing masks and many waving flags in support of Trump, running roughshod over Capitol steps. The Senate and House hastily recessed as police chased…

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President Donald Trump's last-minute legal bid to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia was denied by a federal judge on Tuesday. Ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen rejected the president's request for an emergency injunction to order the state legislature to choose a new slate of…