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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Four die, 52 arrested in siege of U.S. Capitol Hill by Trump’s mob

Four die, 52 arrested in siege of U.S. Capitol Hill by Trump’s mob

WORLD
SARAH N LYNCH FOUR people died and 52 were arrested, Washington D.C.'s police chief said, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. In a late night news conference, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser's 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on U.S. Capitol grounds. Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms. In addition, Contee said, two pipe bombs were recovered from…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Trump rebuffed by Pence, McConnell as allies challenge his election loss

Trump rebuffed by Pence, McConnell as allies challenge his election loss

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE and RICHARD COWAN IN a dramatic day in the U.S. Congress, Vice President Mike Pence rejected Donald Trump's demand that he try to overturn the results of the presidential election and the Senate's top Republican denounced a bid by the president's allies to challenge Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Pence, a loyal lieutenant during the four years of Trump's tumultuous presidency, presided over the opening of a joint session of Congress to formally certify Biden's November 3 victory over Trump. A band of Republican lawmakers quickly challenged the results, first from the election battleground state of Arizona…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Guns and teargas as Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill

Guns and teargas as Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill

WORLD
ANDY SULLIVAN POLICE in the U.S. Capitol responded with drawn guns and tear gas as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss shortly after some of Trump's fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results. Police evacuated the House of Representatives and the Senate after pro-Trump protesters marched through the halls of Congress, forcing both chambers to suspend deliberations as they were meeting to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 election. One protester occupied the Senate dais and yelled, "Trump won that election." Video…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
‘We will not take it any more,’ Trump tells supporters as Congress meets to certify Biden win

‘We will not take it any more,’ Trump tells supporters as Congress meets to certify Biden win

WORLD
JONATHAN LANDAY OUTGOING U.S. President Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters, including members of far-right groups, at a rally in Washington protesting the meeting of Congress to confirm his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden in November. Trump, who has spent much of his time since the November  3 election trying to overturn the results, falsely said he won as he spoke on an outdoor stage framing the White House, which Biden is due to move into in two weeks. Crowds gathered at the "Save America March" wore Trump-approved red baseball caps and cheered as Trump repeated the groundless conspiracy…
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