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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump “bears a great deal of the blame” after a mob loyal to him stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Lawmakers were resuming the counting of electoral votes Wednesday evening after the Capitol was cleared of a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump.

Insurrectionists, some holding Confederate flags, are confronted by US Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber at the US Capitol. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP World leaders express shock, condemnation, and schadenfreude about the insurrection at the US Capitol. Pro-Trump agitators

Pence made the remarks as the Senate resumed debating the Republican challenge against Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of President Donald Trump for 12 hours Wednesday after he repeatedly posted false accusations about the integrity of the election and threatened him with a permanent ban.

After removing a video in which President Trump praised a violent group of his supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol building, Facebook is rolling out a new set of rules in response to the day’s shocking events. Both Facebook

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Stephanie Grisham was one of Trump’s longest serving aides, having joined the campaign in 2015. She served as the White House press secretary and never held a press briefing.

Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites and other user-generated media were the only place to learn

The group’s communications director said, “What happened today was domestic terrorism.”