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Former U.S President Trump barred from Colorado ballot for role in attack on US Capitol
News | Dec 20, 2023, 04:22 PM ISTThe Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s presidential election next year over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
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Trump refuses to comment on how he watched US Capitol attack, says 'Will tell at appropriate time'
World | Sep 18, 2023, 09:31 AM ISTDonald Trump refused to say how he spent January 6, 2021, the day on which his supporters stormed the US Capitol. He said that he would tell people "at appropriate time".
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US: Ex-Trump official convicted of contempt for refusing to cooperate with 2021 Capitol riot probe
World | Sep 08, 2023, 07:04 AM ISTTrump's trade adviser Peter Navarro said that he did not have to comply with the probe as the former US President had invoked executive privilege to protect certain documents from disclosure.
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Committee investigating US Capitol Riots holds first public hearing, calls it an ‘attempted coup'
World | Jun 10, 2022, 08:52 AM ISTThe committee revealed new video footage that showed a number of former President Donald Trump’s trusted aides and advisers, including his daughter Ivanka Trump, explaining that they knew the election was not stolen.
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Eminent Indian-American women felicitated at US Capitol for their work
World | Mar 18, 2022, 08:20 AM ISTCongressman Danny K Davis presented the awards to these eminent women at the 10th Annual Congressional International Women’s Day Gala organised jointly by American Multiethnic Coalition and Multiethnic Advisory Task Force at the US Capitol here on Wednesday.
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Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol
World | Jul 19, 2021, 10:59 AM ISTProsecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars, saying in a recent filing that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy”.
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Indian-American frontline healthcare professionals in Green Card backlog hold protest at US Capitol
World | Apr 13, 2021, 10:31 AM ISTIn a joint statement on Monday, the Indian-American doctors said that they are in a 150-plus-year Green Card backlog due to archaic country caps that allows no nation to get more than seven per cent of employment-based green cards
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US flags at half-staff following veteran officer's death outside Capitol
World | Apr 03, 2021, 10:50 AM ISTVideo shows the driver of the crashed car emerging with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters. Authorities shot the suspect, identified by law enforcement officials as 25-year-old Noah Green.
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US Capitol Hill on lockdown after car hits complex barricade; 1 officer, driver killed
World | Apr 03, 2021, 03:14 AM ISTOne Capitol Hill police officer succumbed to injuries while another injured after a car rammed a barricade outside the complex on Friday afternoon. The driver of the car, who was shot by cops, have also died. Following the incident, the Capitol Hill was put on lockdown.
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Videos released of suspect planting bombs before US Capitol riot
World | Mar 10, 2021, 03:02 PM ISTThe suspect has been at large and the FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for useful information, reports Xinhua news agency.
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US Capitol security stepped up over 'possible plot' for March 4 attack
World | Mar 04, 2021, 01:17 PM ISTHouse leaders cancelled Thursday's legislative session and rescheduled morning votes after police officials warned of a possible plot by a militia group to again storm the Capitol.
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Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial
World | Feb 14, 2021, 07:19 AM ISTThe United States Senate on Saturday acquitted former president Donald J Trump on the charges of inciting the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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US Capitol police chief calls for permanent fencing
World | Jan 29, 2021, 04:11 PM ISTChief of the US Capitol Police Chief (USCP) has called for permanent fencing around the Capitol building in Washington D.C., as well as back up security to prevent a repetition of the January 6 riots, the media reported.
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'New day in America': Joe Biden, Kamala Harris begin Democrat era in US
World | Jan 20, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTJoe Biden and Kamala Harris took oath as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America. Donald Trump didn't attend the inauguration event.
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US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to 'external security treat'
World | Jan 18, 2021, 11:07 PM ISTThe American capital has been put under heightened security with the deployment of nearly 25,000 National Guards to prevent repeat of January 6 incident when thousands of supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Hill disrupting the constitutional process of certification of electoral college votes by a joint session of the US Congress.
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American states declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of rallies
World | Jan 16, 2021, 12:33 PM ISTResponding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and closing their capitols to the public ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.
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In Oval Office video, Trump unequivocally condemns Capitol Hill violence
World | Jan 14, 2021, 08:04 AM ISTOutgoing United States President Donald Trump on Thursday unequivocally condemned last week's Capitol Hill riot, and asserted there is never a justification or an excuse for such violence.
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Trump orders US flag at half-mast in respect of fallen Capitol officers
World | Jan 11, 2021, 08:55 AM ISTChaotic and violent scenes erupted at the Capitol on Wednesday as Trump supporters stormed the building to protest the Electoral College vote, forcing a lockdown and confrontations with the police.
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Democrats plan lightning Trump impeachment, want him out now
World | Jan 09, 2021, 01:36 PM ISTAs the country comes to terms with the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters that left five dead, the crisis that appears to be among the final acts of his presidency is deepening like few other periods in the nation’s history.
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Will talk to Trump over phone, says Ramdas Athawale condemning violence at US Capitol
India | Jan 09, 2021, 10:38 AM ISTUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale has condemned the violence at the US Capitol and said he will speak to American President Donald Trump over the phone.