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US President Joe Biden has announced six executive orders aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the country that he says is an “epidemic and an international embarrassment”, on a day when another five people were killed in a mass shooting – this time in South Carolina.
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Donald Trump has been called a “clear and present danger” as a majority of the House of Representatives voted to make him the first US president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him during his final week in power with inciting an insurrection after a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
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The US Justice Department has opened criminal investigations on more than 170 individuals for their involvement in the riot at the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, aiming to charge people with assault and seditious conspiracy.
Decisions by Twitter and Facebook to remove or suspend Donald Trump’s accounts after the Capitol riot has prompted a flurry of debate about censorship. Katharine Gelber argues that free speech has limits.
Facebook and Twitter temporarily locked Donald Trump’s accounts after a mob he incited stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn an election result. They could have acted earlier, and are complicit in stoking the fire, argues Timothy Graham.
US President Donald Trump has reportedly been recorded on tape pressuring Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the southern state.
After weeks of defiance, President Donald Trump has allowed officials to proceed with a transition to President-elect Joe Biden, giving his Democratic rival access to briefings and funding even as he vowed to persist with efforts to fight the election results.
