Donald Trump has conceded defeat to Joe Biden for the first time – a day after his supporters stormed the US Capitol. The president said he was “outraged” by Wednesday’s “heinous” attack, which came as politicians in Congress certified Mr Biden’s victory. Four people died in the violent protests – with a mob overwhelming police

America’s president-elect has condemned Donald Trump’s behaviour and called those who stormed the US Capitol “domestic terrorists”. He said yesterday’s events were an “assault on our liberty” and speaking about the demonstrators, he said: “Don’t dare call them protesters – they were a riotous mob, insurrectionists.” Turning his attention to Donald Trump, he said the

Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been suspended “indefinitely”, at least until Joe Biden replaces him as president on 20 January, its founder has said. Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook to condemn the “shocking events” in Washington DC. He said they “clearly demonstrate” that Mr Trump “intends to use his remaining time in office

Donald Trump has said there will be an “orderly transition” after the US Congress certified Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” the president said. “I have always

An improvised explosive device is reported to have been found at the US Capitol as one person was shot and several people were taken to hospital after supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump descended on the US Capitol. Both chambers of Congress in Washington DC were abruptly recessed on Wednesday as they debated president-elect

With just a fortnight remaining before the inauguration of Joe Biden, Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps and their developers. The move hits Alipay, the payment platform and sister business to Alibaba owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Ant Group, whose Jack Ma is currently laying low after clashing

Democrat Raphael Warnock has unseated Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate election, NBC news projects. The final votes are being counted in two key Senate runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate and the fate of Joe Biden’s presidency. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff need to win both races to seize

A white police officer has been cleared in the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. District attorney Michael Graveley decided not to charge officer Rusten Sheskey over the incident, which left Mr Blake paralysed after he was shot in the back. Mr Graveley said the officer had the right to self

Donald Trump has been warned he’s not allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden’s inauguration as the next US president. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon cautioned the outgoing US leader that playing a round would not be deemed an “essential purpose” for transatlantic travel into the country during the ongoing COVID crisis.

Joe Biden has a lot to be grateful for in the state of Georgia. His victory there in November’s presidential election was one of the decisive moments in the country’s rejection of Donald Trump. Having helped hand him the keys to the White House, Georgians could be about to give him all the power he

Donald Trump’s hour-long call urging Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes” sounded desperate and deluded. The recording was a worrying insight into the president’s state of mind – seemingly convinced by the many conspiracy theories about why he lost the election, and unwilling to listen to the facts from members of his

Donald Trump has been recorded pleading with Georgia’s election chief to “find enough votes” to overturn the election result in the state. Audio of the phone call was obtained by The Washington Post and NBC News just weeks before the US president is set to leave office. Mr Trump can be heard launching into a

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday revelations in a book by a former top White House aide show President Donald Trump is unfit and unprepared to be president and Democrats will continue oversight of the Republican president’s behavior. “President Trump is clearly ethically unfit and intellectually unprepared to be

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of Facebook is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – Top officials from Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter Inc appeared remotely before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security. The Silicon Valley

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Devin Brosnan, one of two Atlanta police officers charged in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, has not agreed to be a witness for the prosecution, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday, contradicting an assertion made by the lead prosecutor on the case. FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally against racial inequality and the

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith during a ceremony at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Larry Downing (Reuters) – Jean Kennedy Smith, a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and the last surviving sibling of President John F.

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels added to its large collection of murals on Thursday with a newly commissioned work in memory of African-American George Floyd, whose killing by police has sparked global protests against racism and police violence. Belgian-Congolese street artist NovaDead, whose real name is Julien Crevaels, completed the work in just over a

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO – Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton adjusts his glasses during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it has no intention of interfering in the U.S. elections, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national

[ad_1] PHOENIX (Reuters) – Several U.S. states including Oklahoma reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, days before a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa that would be the nation’s largest indoor social gathering in three months. An uptick in coronavirus cases in many states over the past two weeks,

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election. Bolton, a longtime foreign policy hawk who Trump fired in September over policy differences, also said that the U.S. president

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Prosecutors seeking to convict Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe for murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks must try to persuade jurors to do something they rarely do – second guess split-second police decisions. FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta,

[ad_1] NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Raising black boys in America involves “constant mental anguish,” Danielle Pattillo, a special education teacher in New York City and mother to two sons, ages 14 and 22, said. Every day Pattillo told her sons they were unique, wanted, valued, and loved – “each step in their life, each

[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – The brother of the late George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white officer roused world protests against racial injustice, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to investigate U.S. police brutality and racial discrimination. “The way you saw my brother tortured and murdered on camera is

[ad_1] ATLANTA (Reuters) – A fired Atlanta police officer has been charged with felony murder and another officer faces lesser charges in the shooting death last week of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, a Georgia county prosecutor said on Wednesday. Former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe, who was fired

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Ambulances are parked at the emergency entrance of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Far Rockaway section of Queens in New York City, U.S., May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control

[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. government agencies overseeing everything from airlines to hospitals face steep hurdles in tracking and monitoring $2.4 trillion in taxpayer-funded novel coronavirus relief aimed at propping up the U.S. economy, an interagency government watchdog said on Wednesday. Federal agencies already lacked some data necessary to track government funds and ensure

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd returns at the end of a lunch recess during the hearing on the House Judiciary Committee on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. June 10, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS GENEVA (Reuters) – The brother of the late George

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Delegates attend the resuming of a United Nations Human Rights Council session before an urgent debate on allegations of “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States following the death of George Floyd druing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool

[ad_1] TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump takes the stage at his first rally in three months on Saturday night, the scene in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be familiar: A large venue filled with ardent supporters wearing “Keep America Great” hats and T-shirts. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials are considering other venues in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the coronavirus shutdown, Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday, as virus cases climb in Oklahoma and other states. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Vice President Mike Pence speak during a roundtable