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Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesday’s chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday.

Official: No 'direct evidence' of plot to kill at Capitol

Federal prosecutors said there was "strong evidence" the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," but the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early stages and there was no "direct evidence" of such intentions.
The Dome of the Capitol Building is visible Thursday through razor wire installed on top of fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Response to Capitol riot under investigation by Federal watchdogs

Federal watchdogs launched a sweeping review of how the FBI, the Pentagon and other law enforcement agencies responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol, including whether there were failures in information sharing and other preparations that left the historic symbol of democracy vulnerable to assault by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters.
In this image made from video and provided by HuffPost, Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman calls for backup as the first person in an angry mob approaches him inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. One bright spot in all the chaos and anger from the mob siege at the U.S. Capitol was Goodman confronting a mob and retreating, risking his life to perhaps save the U.S. Senate.

Amid cacophony since Capitol siege, key officer stays silent

Amid all the noise, a Capitol Police officer hailed as a hero for confronting the insurrectionists and leading them away from Senate chambers has remained silent.
Howard Jones, an 83-year-old veteran, talks Tuesday about his struggle to secure a COVID-19 vaccination in El Paso County in southwest Colorado Springs, Colorado. Not having internet in his home, Jones ended up getting help from a friend to get an appointment for the vaccine in Colorado Springs.

Online sign-ups complicate vaccine rollout for older people

Many states and counties ask people to make appointments online, but glitchy websites, overwhelmed phone lines and a patchwork of fast-changing rules are bedeviling older people who are often less tech-savvy, may live far from vaccination sites and are more likely to not have internet access at all, especially people of color and those who are poor.
In this Jan. 6, 2021 image from video provided by Robyn Stevens Brody, a line of men wearing helmets and olive drab body armor walk up the marble stairs outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington in an orderly single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the man ahead. The formation, known as “Ranger File,” is standard operating procedure for a combat team “stacking up” to breach a building.
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops
As President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
Walgreens pharmacist Chris McLaurin prepares Tuesday to vaccinate Lakandra McNealy, a Harmony Court Assisted Living employee, with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Jackson, Mississippi. The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but some states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates.
Deep South falls behind in coronavirus vaccine drive
The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but four states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates that have alarmed health experts and frustrated residents.
Impeachment managers Rep. Madeleine Dean, a Pennslyvania Democrat, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, walk Wednesday to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump's impeachment.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks Thursday about the COVID-19 pandemic during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware.
Biden's virus plan: 100 million shots just the start
Getting 100 million shots in Americans' arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, President-elect Joe Biden declared Friday. Lasting impact, he said, will come from uniting the nation in a new effort grounded in science and fueled by billions in federal money for vaccination, testing and outbreak sleuths.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks Thursday about the COVID-19 pandemic during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware.
Biden picks familiar faces for top roles at FEMA, CIA
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator and has tapped former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency in the same role he served during the Obama administration.
A jogger exercises Thursday on the banks of the river Thames with the backdrop of Tower Bridge in London during England’s third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
UK toughens up borders over Brazil virus variant fears
The U.K. moved Friday to toughen up its entry requirements beyond its surprise decision to ban travel from South America and Portugal in the face of a new virus variant in Brazil, arguing that the measures are needed to ensure Britain's fast-moving vaccination program isn't derailed.
A medical worker gives a coronavirus vaccine shot Friday to a patient at a vaccination facility in Beijing. A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush.
China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise
A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the annual Lunar New Year travel rush.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country’s central desert, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian Guard drones in drill mirror those in Saudi attacks
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Friday that saw "suicide drones" crash into targets and explode, triangle-shaped aircraft that strongly resembled those used in a 2019 attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut the kingdom's oil production by half.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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