Jan 06 WATCH: Ongoing coverage of Jan. 6 attack anniversary events By News Desk and Jake Coyle, Associated Press, Associated Press In remarks at the Capitol, President Joe Biden vowed he will “allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy.” And he assailed the attackers even as some Republicans portray the Trump supporters who swarmed the Capitol… Continue reading
Jan 06 2 adult sisters and 8 children die in Philadelphia rowhome fire By Ron Todt, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Philadelphia fire officials say two sisters and several of their children were among 12 people killed when a fire tore a rowhome that apparently had no working smoke detectors. Continue reading
Jan 06 Trump maintains grip on Republican Party despite violent insurrection By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump's excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a raging band of his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn his election loss. Continue reading
Jan 06 3 lawmakers on surviving the Jan. 6 attack and what the Capitol is like for them now By Nicole Ellis A year later, Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Grace Meng, D-N.Y. and Norma Torres, D-Calif., reflected on what it was like being trapped in the Capitol that day as lawmakers of color -- and what their jobs have been like… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:04 News Wrap: Kazakhstan government resigns amid violent protests over fuel prices In our news wrap Wednesday, chaos erupted as protesters in Kazakhstan stormed government buildings and seized a major airport. The ruling cabinet resigned. At least 13 people were killed in Philadelphia, in the city's deadliest fire in at least a… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 7:35 Trump supporter Rep. Nehls on defending the Capitol against pro-Trump mob By Lisa Desjardins, Ebony Joseph, Elizabeth Summers One year ago, supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to disrupt the democratic process. When the violent mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 2021, lawmakers that were inside scrambled for… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 10:27 Jan. 6 insurrection 'came very close,' to being much worse, Rep. Jeffries says One year ago, supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to disrupt the democratic process. When the violent mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 2021, lawmakers that were inside scrambled for… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 14:10 How disinformation around Jan. 6 riot has downplayed violence, divided Americans By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Frank Carlson The attack on the U.S. Capitol was based on a “Big Lie” about election fraud in 2020, and the hope of supporters of former President Donald Trump that they could stop the certification of electoral vote results. But in the… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:34 Unvaccinated children among those driving COVID surge in Louisiana hospitals By William Brangham The omicron variant now accounts for 95 percent of COVID cases in the United States. Public health officials say its effects are milder than the delta variant, but omicron’s high transmissibility is still sending large numbers of people into the… Continue watching
Jan 05 Activists and historians remember Jim Toy as a pioneering leader in LGBTQ rights By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang “Jim Toy's life is a reminder that LGBT history and LGBT civil rights were also made here in the Midwest, and that Asian Americans and other people of color were a critical part of that movement.”… Continue reading