Riots

January 09, 2021 1:01 PM ET Senior White House aide Hope Hicks will leave the White House this coming week, two sources familiar with the matter said, according to Bloomberg News on Friday. The sources said Hicks informed colleagues that her resignation isn’t due to Wednesday’s Capitol Hill riots, according…

President-elect Joe Biden is being urged to create a post overseeing ideologically driven extremism — including the supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the United States Capitol on Wednesday, who Biden has called “domestic terrorists.” “Don’t dare call them protesters,” Biden said of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is highlighting the fragile nature of democracy following violence in D.C. on Wednesday, which he characterized as an “assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians.” The decision to pin blame for the violent mob on the outgoing president is…

Fox News’ Steve Doocy put some of the blame for the Capitol police’s handling of Wednesday’s riots on their bosses and bureaucrats who, he said Thursday, “set them up for failure.” “The scandal is that the Capitol was not better protected yesterday on such a significant day after the suggestion…

A newly-elected West Virginia politician was part of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol. Derrick Evans, yelled: "Patriots inside, baby!" as he filmed himself joining the crowd that burst through the doors of the US parliament. Evans, a new member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, was livestreaming on…

Updated / Friday, 1 Jan 2021 15:50 Ontario's finance minister, Rod Phillips, apologised for his 'dumb, dumb mistake' (file image) A Canadian politician has resigned after being caught taking a family holiday in the sunny Caribbean while his compatriots were urged to avoid non-essential travel during a strict pandemic lockdown. Ontario's…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that what his government has achieved is below the expectation of Nigerian.He made this known in his New Year message to Nigerians today where he said; “I am aware that for some of our compatriots, the progress we have registered since the inception of…

Elise Amendola/Associated Press New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton said that he's a "mentally tough S.O.B." when Chris Mason of masslive.com asked him about what he learned after facing numerous hardships during the 2020 calendar year (11-minute mark). Ryan Hannable of WEEI provided a transcript of Newton's entire response. "I'm…

Happy Holidays. This week we are reprinting our top stories of 2020. This article first appeared online in our “Outbreak” issue in April, 2020. I’m no stranger to forced isolation. For the better part of my 20s, I served as a nuclear submarine officer running secret missions for the United…

A wonderful Week 16 of action was bookended by two sterling showings from New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara on Christmas on Friday to Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs on the Monday night finale. Following their blockbuster outings, Diggs and Kamara led the way among the latest Players…