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What Democrats' new emails suggest about Trump's links with Epstein victims

The Democrats released a new batch of emails revealing shocking details about Trump's ties to Epstein, claiming that he "knew about the girls" and "the victim spent hours with him"

Trump's war on media goes international as BBC apologises over Jan 6 edit

BBC Chairman acknowledged that edited footage of Trump's speech near the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, which aired on 'Panorama' last year, wrongly gave 'the impression of direct call for violent action'

BBC's top bosses resign over Trump documentary row: All that happened

Tim Davie, who became BBC Director-General in 2020, and News Head Deborah Turness have stepped down after a Panorama episode allegedly misrepresented Trump's 2021 speech

In post-Jan 6 era, 600 US officers train for riots amid record high threats

The car jolted as protesters pounded on its windows, boxing in the lawmaker trapped inside. Within seconds, officers in full riot gear surged forward in formation, yanking open the doors and pulling the passenger to safety. A few hundred yards away, another team of police moved just as quickly, surrounding, isolating and arresting a man spotted in the crowd with a gun. The clashes were staged, unfolding Friday at a Secret Service training complex in Maryland. The US Capitol Police led the operation, joined by 600 officers representing nearly 20 agencies including the Secret Service and local police and sheriff's departments in one of the largest law enforcement training drills in the country. The goal was to sharpen coordination among the many agencies that must work side by side in Washington, a push shaped by the glaring security breakdowns of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. With 2025 on track to bring more threats against members of Congress than any year in histo

Trump admin partially retreats from a takeover of Washington's police

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump's administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation's capital. But the administration backed down from an attempt to take over the city's police department by installing its own emergency police commissioner after a federal judge indicated she would rule against it. The partial retreat interrupted one aspect of the most sweeping uses of federal authority over a local government in modern times. How it will play out and whether the federal government will use this experience as a potential blueprint for dealing with other cities remains up in the air. Here's what to know about the situation and what might come next: Why is Trump taking over the police in DC? The Republican president this week announced he's taking control over Washington's police department and activating National Guard troops to reduce crime, an escalation of his aggressive ...

FBI removes two top officials amid Capitol riot probe controversy

Brian Driscoll, the bureau's former acting director, and Steven Jensen, who's been leading the Washington Field Office since April, were instructed to leave

Prosecutor of Jan 6 Capitol riot cases sues Justice dept over his firing

Michael Gordon prosecuted some of the most notorious members of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. His latest case to make is proving that the Justice Department fired him because he was good at his job. Gordon sued the federal government Thursday, claiming his June 27 termination was politically motivated retribution for his work on prosecuting Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol. He and two other former Justice Department officials are plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the department, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Executive Office of the President. Dozens of Justice Department attorneys have been fired, demoted or forced out or have quit since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. Gordon and the other plaintiffs Patricia Hartman and Joseph Tirrell appear to be the first of them to file a lawsuit. Hartman was a public affairs specialist for the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia. Tirrell led the department'

Democrats see Trump's big bill as key to comeback. But it won't be easy

It is big and it is beautiful, says President Donald Trump. But for many Democratic leaders, the tax break and spending cut package adopted by Trump's Republican allies in Congress Thursday represents the key to the Democratic Party's resurgence. Even before the final vote was tallied, Democratic officials were finalising ambitious plans for rallies, voter registration drives, attack ads, bus tours and even a multiday vigil all designed to highlight the most controversial elements of Trump's big beautiful bill: the deep cuts to the nation's safety net that will leave nearly 12 million more Americans without health coverage and millions of others without food assistance, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Indeed, in political battlegrounds across Alaska and Iowa, Pennsylvania and California, Democrats have already begun to use Trump's bill to bludgeon their Republican rivals. Democrats are promising that the package Trump's biggest domestic policy achievement

House resumes as GOP leaders try to win over holdouts on Trump's tax bill

The House sprang back to action late Wednesday after a prolonged stalemate as Republican leaders spent the afternoon and evening working furiously to convince sceptics to support President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts package and send it to his desk by the Fourth of July deadline. The day evolved into one of fast starts and hard stops, as Speaker Mike Johnson recalled lawmakers to Washington. GOP leadership vowed immediate consideration of the 887-bill, eager to seize on the momentum of its passage the day before in the Senate. But after a quick procedural vote in the morning, the chamber stood idle for more than seven hours as GOP lawmakers met with Trump at the White House and others shuttled in and out of the speaker's office for private meetings. The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay, the top four House GOP leaders said after the Senate passed the bill Tuesday, thanks to Vice President JD

Trial begins for lawsuit against pardoned Capitol riots defendant

Nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith shot and killed himself while driving to work. Over four years later, Smith's widow is trying to prove to a jury that one of the thousands of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is responsible for her husband's suicide. The trial for Erin Smith's wrongful death lawsuit against David Walls-Kaufman started nearly six months after President Donald Trump torpedoed the largest investigation in FBI history. Trump pardoned, commuted prison sentences or ordered the dismissal of cases for all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in the attack. But his sweeping act of clemency didn't erase Smith's lawsuit against Walls-Kaufman, a 69-year-old chiropractor who pleaded guilty to Capitol riot-related misdemeanour in January 2023. A federal jury in Washington, D.C., began hearing testimony Monday for a civil trial expected to last roughly one week. Erin Smith, the ..

5 Proud Boys sue US govt, alleging rights violated in Jan 6 prosecutions

Five members of the Proud Boys, a far-right militant group, claim their constitutional rights were violated when they were prosecuted for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit was filed in Orlando federal court by former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola. It seeks unspecified compensatory damages plus 6% interest and $100 million plus interest in punitive damages. The lawsuit claims the men were arrested with insufficient probable cause and that government agents later found fake incriminating evidence. They also claim they were held for years in pretrial detention, often in solitary confinement. The Plaintiffs themselves did not obstruct the proceedings at the Capitol, destroy government property, resist arrest, conspire to impede the police, or participate in civil disorder, nor did they plan for or order anyone else to do so," the lawsuit

Trump admin to pay $5 mn to settle suit over Babbitt's shooting in Capitol

The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under USD 5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt's family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S Capitol riot, according to a person with knowledge of the settlement. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss with The Associated Press terms of a deal that have not been made public. The settlement will resolve the USD 30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt's estate filed last year in Washington, D.C. On January 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby. The officer who shot her was cleared of wrongdoing by the U.S Attorney's office for the District of Columbia, which concluded that he acted in self-defense and in the defense of members of Congress. The Capitol Police also cleared the officer. Settlement terms haven't been disclosed in public court filings. On May 2, lawyers for Babbitt's esta

US House Republicans move to punish Al Green for disrupting Trump speech

A heated night on Capitol Hill has triggered a rare disciplinary move against Texas Democrat Al Green after the Congressman was removed from the House chamber for disrupting President Donald Trump during his address to Congress. Republican Representative Daniel Newhouse on Wednesday formally introduced a censure resolution against Green, who was removed by the House Sergeant at Arms after standing up and shouting during the opening minutes of Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday. Speaking on the House floor, Newhouse, a Washington state Republican, said he was seeking punishment against Green a formal condemnation once considered rare in the House chamber for his numerous interruptions of the president's speech. The clash erupted on Tuesday night when Trump declared his 2024 election victory a mandate. Green shot up from his seat, shouting: You have no mandate! Wielding his cane, Green defied warnings from House Speaker Mike Johnson, prompting the Sergeant at Arms to remove him

Here's why two January 6 Capitol rioters turned down Trump's pardon offer

After Trump's speech urging a march to Congress with fraud claims, the Capitol riot occurred; he was charged with conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, but the case was dropped post-re-election

Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison after pardon

Donald Trump is ushering in a Golden Age for people that break the law and attempt to overthrow the government

Donald Trump swearing-in ceremony: When & where to watch live inauguration?

Donald Trump oath ceremony: Donald Trump will be sworn-in as the 47th US President on January 20; Chief Justice John Roberts will take the stage to administer the presidential oath to Donald Trump

Donald Trump's inauguration day: Venue, attendees, all that we can expect

Donald Trump will take the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT)

Flags at US Capitol to be flown full mast on Donald Trump's swearing-in

Johnson noted that the flags would return to half-staff in memory of Carter the following day

Capitol flags to be raised to full height for Trump's inauguration: Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the US Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican leader's decision means that President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office for his second term under a half-staff flag, a prospect that he had previously complained about. The 30-day flag-lowering period, set into motion with President Joe Biden's order, affects flags at federal government buildings and their grounds, as well as at US embassies and other facilities abroad, including military installations and vessels. It runs through January 28, which encompasses Trump's inauguration and first week in office. In line with Biden's order, governors throughout the country issued their own orders to govern flags in their respective states. The incoming president has expressed consternation that flags would still be lowered when he takes the

Trump pardons couldn't erase impact of Capitol riot, says top DC prosecutor

Pardoning rioters who stormed the US Capitol four years ago can't erase the truth about what happened that day, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, DC, said on Tuesday as he prepares to leave office. "There is no undoing these prosecutions," US Attorney Matthew Graves told AP. "The vindication of the rule of law is something that has already occurred. And no one can take that away." Graves helped lead the largest investigation in Justice Department history, overseeing hundreds of cases against rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. His successor, whoever that will be, may preside over an abrupt end to that work. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pardon Capitol rioters when he returns to the White House next week, but Graves said pardons can't undo "the record that was built through these prosecutions and the accountability that has already been imposed". "There will always be a public record of what occurred on January 6, and people who care to know the