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Trump concedes to Biden, says 'new administration will be inaugurated on J
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) finally conceded defeat in the presidential elections held in November and said that a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20.
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Calls for removal of Trump using 25th Amendment intensify after chaotic ep
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): After a chaotic situation unfolded at the US Capitol following a pro-Trump mob swarming the House and Senate chambers on Wednesday, calls for the removal of President Donald Trump using the 25th Amendment have intensified in the country.
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Biden calls violence at US Capitol 'one of darkest days of nation'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) called the mob violence at the US Capitol one of the 'darkest days in the history of the nation' and an 'unprecedented assault' on US democracy.
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After Capitol Hill violence, Facebook bans Trump 'indefinitely'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 7 (ANI): Facebook has suspended US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely in wake of the violence that broke out at Capitol Hill ahead of the certification of the Electoral College votes.
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Biden appoints Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Wilmington [US], January 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-origin Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States making her the first woman of colour to serve in this role.
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Biden nominates Judge Merrick Garland as US Attorney General
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden has formally announced appellate court Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the post of the US attorney general.
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'Moment of great dishonour, shame', Obama slams Trump says he incited US C
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Former US President Barack Obama on Wednesday (local time) lashed out at Republican President Donald Trump and said history would remember the attack on US Capitol "incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a
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After Twitter, Facebook and Instagram block Trump after mob storms Capitol
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Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday have blocked US President Donald Trump from posting on their platforms as rioters attacked the US Capitol and violent protests broke out in Washington DC.
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George W Bush calls 'insurrection' at Capitol 'sickening, heartbreaking si
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Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Former US President George W Bush on Wednesday (local time) called "insurrection" at the Capitol a "sickening, heartbreaking sight" and said this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic, not our democratic republic.
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'We want our votes to count!': Pro-Trump demonstrators claim election to b
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): As an unprecedented and violent situation unfolded at the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, several of US President Donald Trump's supporters reiterated his claims that the recently-concluded presidential election was 'stolen', and demanded their 'vo
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Trump's Twitter account locked for 12 hours following comments on US Capit
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): In a big move, the microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday (local time) decided to lock US President Donald Trump's account in wake of the violent situation at the US Capitol in Washington.
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After Facebook, Twitter removes Trump's tweets on US Capitol protests
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): For the first time, microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday (local time) officially removed several tweets from US President Donald Trump, where he spoke on the violent protests at the US Capitol.
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