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US Capitol breached as Trump supporters clash with police  apnews.com Capitol Lockdown: Live Updates as Protests Storm Building During Electoral Hearing  The New York Times Pence acknowledges he has no authority to decide election results  CBS News LIVE: Lawmakers given gas masks as

“Our democracy would enter a death spiral,” Mitch McConnell said of a scenario in which Congress might overturn election results. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

In speech, Trump turns on Senate Republicans who won’t help steal the election  Vox.com

Louisville Police Department fires two detectives involved in Breonna Taylor raid  CNN Louisville police officially fire 2 detectives for their roles in fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor  Yahoo! Voices Louisville police fires 2 officers involved in Breonna Taylor raid  Fox News Officers facing

Outside, demonstrators trying to enter the building scuffled with Capitol Police. The extraordinary joint session is to deal with Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the presidential election.

Germany lags the U.S. and others in the number of women on boards at major companies. “[N]ot many changes are made voluntarily, and progress is very slow,” said the federal minister for women. (Image credit: Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)

A mural in Manchester, England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown to limit the spread of the new, more transmissible, strain of coronavirus on January 6. | Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images The new mutations from

The EU cleared a second coronavirus vaccine for use Wednesday, in a relief to struggling European countries as the world reached a grim new record of 15,700 deaths in 24 hours. The Moderna vaccine is now set to join Pfizer-BioNTech’s

While logistical challenges have hampered use of antibody drugs to treat people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, recent results show the medicines can be worthwhile. (Image credit: Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images)

‘We will never concede’: Protesters surround Capitol as Congress meets to count electoral votes  NBC News Congress Meets To Count Electoral Votes; Donald Trump Again Pressures Mike Pence To Overturn Results  Deadline Trump Calls Georgia Senate Vote ‘Fake,’ Demands Reversal of Biden