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US Capitol appoints first black and female chief in its history – congratulations Yogananda Pittman

History has been made after Yogananda Pittman became the first black person and first woman to be named the US Capitol Police Chief, following the resignation of the former chief in the wake of last ...

Manatee found with ‘TRUMP’ scraped into back, prompting outrage and federal investigation

It’s safe to say that this is an unusually tense time in American politics, but regardless which side of the aisle you’re on, we can all agree that animal cruelty is a serious crime. Which ...

New England Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick refuses Presidential Medal of Freedom offer from Trump

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has announced that has refused the offer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riots last week. As ...

Donald Trump’s niece says her uncle is “unstable” and must be removed from office “immediately”

In the wake of the chaotic scenes on Wednesday where an angry mob stormed the capitol building, many have called for President Trump to be removed from office despite him only having less than two ...

“Criminal mob” attacked officers with metal pipes and chemical irritants, Capitol police chief says

Thousands of “criminal” rioters “attacked officers with metal pipes”, other weapons and “discharged chemical irritants”, according to the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. Wednesday’s violent scenes erupted at a campaign-style rally organized by Women ...

Man fired after seen inside the U.S. Capitol during riots wearing his work ID

A man who was seen with the mob who stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday has been fired by his company after he was spotted wearing his company badge. Thousands of rioters had gathered at ...

“Knock it off” – Sarah Palin demands media stop labeling Capitol Hill protesters as ‘Trump supporters’

Sarah Palin was a name you couldn’t avoid when tuning into the news during John McCain’s presidential campaign for presidency in 2008. The former Governor of Alaska was plucked from obscurity to be John McCain’s ...

Trump’s ex-White House chief of staff says he supports using 25th amendment to remove the president

John Kelly, former White House chief of staff, said on Thursday that if he were still a part of Donald Trump‘s Cabinet, he would support using the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution to remove ...

US Politicians call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke 25th Amendment and remove Trump

With only two weeks left of Trump’s presidency Republicans in power are seriously considering drastic measures to remove him from office, including invoking the 25th Amendment. Vice president Mike Pence is facing calls to invoke ...

Barack Obama says storming of Capitol Building was “incited by a sitting president”

Barack Obama has pointed the finger of blame regarding yesterday’s violence on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. at current president Donald Trump. The former POTUS took to Twitter to let his thoughts on the chaos ...