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The attack, which left five people dead, succeeded in delaying the joint House-Senate election certification session for several hours.

Trump's defiance could force the committee into legal fights that could stretch out the investigation.

Melania, however, shared some of her husband Donald Trump 's more controversial opinions.

The gripping accounts served as opening testimony in a landmark first hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack

Michael Flynn claims COVID-19 was made to 'gain control of society'

Some Republican senators have clearly already made up their minds and do not intend to break with Trump, who has threatened to derail their careers.

Unlike Trump's first impeachment trial a year ago, which took three weeks, this one is expected to be over within days.

The board had first moved against Trump in a meeting held after the riots in January.

The Democratic House prosecutors, or impeachment managers, say the Republican leader was "singularly responsible" for the Capitol attack, which left five dead.

Trump, who left the White House for Florida before Joe Biden's inauguration, has vowed to stay active in politics in some form.

Harris, 56, enters the post having already forged a unique path, as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate.

Biden, who has vowed a major escalation in the nation's Covid vaccination drive, warned that the "toughest and deadliest period" was still ahead.

He urged Americans to "unify" following the Capitol riot

The US on Tuesday recorded another 2,482 deaths due to the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.

According to US media, one of Trump's final actions could be announced Tuesday at the latest: scores of pardons for convicted criminals.

Plans for the inauguration -- in normal times a bracing, even joyous, tribute to peaceful transition -- had already been scaled down out of pandemic concerns.

If convicted, a second, simple majority vote would be enough to bar the real estate tycoon from trying to come back as president in 2024.

Trump survived a first impeachment almost exactly a year ago when the Republican-controlled Senate acquitted him of abusing his office to try and get dirt on Biden's family before the election.

Says the 25th Amendment is only for when a president is incapacitated

The Pentagon said Monday it had authorized 15,000 National Guard troops to be deployed for Biden's inauguration.

Critics of the online platforms argued they moved too slowly as Wednesday's violence was organized on social media, directing their ire at Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Bipartisan anger was brewing over the failure of law enforcement to prevent the mobs from entering Congress.

Outgoing President Donald Trump told his supporters they are "very special" while noting, "we have to have peace, so go home."

Jacinda Ardern tweeted: "Democracy - the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully should never be undone by a mob."

The session of Congress comes one day after voters in Georgia apparently handed a pair of stunning victories to the Democratic Senate candidates over Republican incumbents.

Republicans hold 50 seats in the 100-seat Senate and a victory in just one of the runoff races would give them a majority and the ability to thwart Biden's agenda.

Markets have been buoyed in recent months by the prospect of Republicans holding the Senate and provide a check on the Democrats but analysts said a "blue wave" scenario has spooked investors.

Trump savaged Republicans who have refused to endorse his baseless claims.

Pro-Trump protesters not quite willing to concede are expected to rally in Washington on Wednesday.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is leading a dozen lawmakers in asserting that "allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes"