Facebook and Twitter have banned Donald Trump from their platforms. Fleeing to the right-wing alternative Parler has been effectively shut down by Amazon’s decision to cease hosting it on Amazon Web Services while both Android and Apple have removed it from their app stores.
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President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House January 20 – four years after he wrestled control of the Republican Party – puts the party at a crossroads over its future leadership and direction, with the continued loyalty of tens of millions of ardent Trump supporters an open question.
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The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with National Systems America LP (National Systems), a Dallas, Texas-based staffing agency.
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People across the country — and the world — watched as white supremacists, incited by the white supremacist-in-chief, Donald Trump, carried out an attack inside our nation’s Capitol.
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Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force when faced with mass protests between 9 and 15 November 2020, according to a UN Human Rights Office report published on 12 January that stresses the failure of security forces to comply with international human rights norms and standards.
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If, a week ago, you asked most people if the U.S. Capitol could be invaded by a Trump and Confederate flag-waving, fact-free militia fueled by social media lies and a seditious president, they would have laughed and said it impossible.
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In an extraordinary phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded Saturday with election officials in the southern U.S. state of Georgia to find him enough votes to overturn his pivotal loss there to President-elect Joe Biden.
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I am returning, without my approval, S. 906, the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act. America’s fishermen have made great sacrifices to ensure that our Nation’s marine fisheries are a sustainable economic engine for coastal communities.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong endured a year of political crackdown in 2020, as the aftermath of last year’s pro-democracy protests took shape, with Beijing tightening its grip on the former British colony.
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The year drew to a close in Argentina with “a ground-breaking law” that legalizes abortions up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, in a move that independent UN rights experts called on Thursday, “a crucial step in eliminating discrimination against women and girls”.
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