Articles filed under Political Figures
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'Democracy was attacked': Biden decries Trump backers' 'dagger at throat' of democracyJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a "dagger at the throat of democracy" in a forceful speech Thursday marking the anniv...
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Editorial: Jan. 6 and the miracle of AmericaJan 05, 2022 5:00 pm - When they stormed the Capitol, some in the mob hurled American flags as spears at the overwhelmed police trying to guard its doors. American flags as weapons of insurrec...
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'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakersJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of the House, ...
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Kinzinger to focus on fighting right-wing extremism, won't run for governor or SenateJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Leading Trump critic U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who in October said he would not seek another term in the House but left open the potential of running for senator or gove...
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'We have to be there': AP photographer recalls Capitol siegeJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans. It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite wa...
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FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year laterJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The suspect was covered from head to toe, skulking through the dark streets of the nation's capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the o...
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Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half rememberedJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent storming ...
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Biden urges concern, not alarm as omicron risesJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease c...
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Jan. 6 attack posed loyalty test for Indiana Rep. Greg PenceJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Greg Pence watched the Jan. 6 insurrection unfold from an extraordinary perch. As chants of "Hang Mike Pence" echoed in the Capitol, the Republican congress...
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Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 educationJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - MISSION, Kan. - What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live. In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic M...