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A federal judge will not block the Trump administration from issuing oil leasing permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Trump-appointed Chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, has killed a last-minute effort to curb Big Tech censorship, saying there is insufficient time to take action.

“Let me be clear, the violence we saw yesterday at our nation’s capitall was appalling, reprehensible, and antithetical to the American Way,” McEnany said. “We condemn it – the president and this administration – in the strongest possible terms.”

Former Attorney General William Barr criticized President Trump on Thursday, stating that his conduct was a “betrayal of his office and supporters.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) weighed in on invoking the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump Thursday, saying he does not think it is “appropriate” at this point but did not rule it out for future incidents.

Vice President Mike Pence is against invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump as calls grow to oust the president in the wake of Trump supporters rioting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, advisors to the vice president told Business Insider on Thursday.

Michigan is ranked 7th worst for coronavirus administration, despite Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s complaints about how the federal government has handled distribution.

Texas Democrats, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and his brother Julián Castro — a former Democrat presidential candidate who served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Obama administration — called on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to resign following the chaos that descended upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

YouTube, the Google-owned video platform, said it would escalate efforts to crack down on “election misinformation” amid an unprecedented campaign of censorship against President Trump from other Silicon Valley companies.

The nation would be better off if President Donald Trump resigned or was removed from office, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Thursday.

CNN and Politico reported that Pence would likely attend Biden’s inauguration, citing “sources close to” the vice president.

House Democrats have prepared Articles of Impeachment, asserting that President Trump is a “threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution.”

Muriel Bowser, the Democrat mayor of D.C., held a press conference Thursday to declare a state of emergency following the violent protesters’ attack on the Capitol.

President-elect Joe Biden claimed Thursday that the rioters who stormed the United States Capitol earlier this week would have been treated “very differently” had they been protesters associated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.

President-elect Joe Biden excoriated President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed Capitol Hill as “domestic terrorists” on Thursday.

President-elect Joe Biden repeated his false claims that Trump had cleared protesters with “tear gas” and held a Bible “upside-down.”

Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch banned the iconic “PogChamp” emote, one of the most influential memes to come from the service, on Wednesday following comments about the Capitol Hill protests by the streamer depicted in the emote.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Vice President Mike Pence Thursday to remove President Trump from office via the 25th Amendment.

A Conservative party Member of Parliament in Britain who formerly worked for Hillary Clinton has blamed Donald Trump for disorder in the U.S. capitol, claiming he “stirred up” the worst in human nature.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for information related to the violent activity at the United States Capitol Building on Wednesday.

E-commerce store provider Shopify has reportedly banned the store run by the Trump campaign and Trump organization, TrumpStore.com

Unnamed confidants and Republican officials, as less than two weeks remain in President Trump’s term, are considering measures to remove him.

President Trump has reportedly barred Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, from White House grounds as tension escalates between Trump and the vice president following Wednesday’s protests. 

Far-left actor Alec Baldwin appeared to violate Twitter rules on violence on Wednesday night after calling for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who objected to Arizona’s electoral votes on Wednesday, to be brutally tortured — specifically, Baldwin said Cruz should be put “in the stocks,” ridden on a rail, tarred and feathered him

Ryan Tully, senior director for European and Russian Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC), has resigned following Wednesday’s protests at the U.S. Capitol, according to a Thursday report.

“You would if they were black,” claimed LBC host and BBC alum Shelagh Fogarty, before Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt was shot dead.

“I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election,” Bush said.

Following the events on Capitol Hill, Mark Zuckerberg has blacklisted President Donald Trump from the Facebook and Instagram platforms “indefinitely.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacted to the results of the Georgia Senate runoffs — with Raphael Warnock defeating incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) trailing his challenger Jon Ossoff — by previewing a few of the key items Democrats hope to “push” with control of the House, Senate, and White House, including the pursuit of “climate justice” and “voting rights.”

Mick Mulvaney, special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland and former chief of staff to President Trump, resigned from his position Thursday morning, reportedly telling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo he “can’t stay.”

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie denounced President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing him of inciting his supporters to storm Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump said he would participate in an orderly transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden after Congress certified the electoral college votes early Thursday morning.

Vice President Mike Pence concluded the joint session of Congress certifying the electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris as the Vice President-elect in the 2020 presidential election.

The House of Representatives rejected an objection to the Pennsylvania electoral votes early Thursday morning.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) conceded that it was not a good idea for President Donald Trump to urge his supporters to come to the capitol after they stormed the building and disrupted the election certification proceedings.

Deputy National Security adviser Matt Pottinger resigned Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol to protest the results of the 2020 election.