White House Forced Georgia U.S. Attorney to Resign  —  Pressure for resignation was part of broader push by President Trump to overturn state's election results  —  White House officials pushed Atlanta's top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia's U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump …

Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob  —  Derrick Evans, facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, has resigned from West Virginia's House of Delegates.  —  “I hereby resign as a member of the House of Delegates, effective immediately …

These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off “Racist Ass Terrorists”  —  The first glimpse of the deadly tragedy that was about to unfold came at 9 a.m. on the morning of the insurrection for one Black veteran of the US Capitol Police.  But it didn't come from his superiors …

Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters  —  The companies removed the “free speech” social network from their app stores, limiting its reach just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter.  —  Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a …

The American Abyss  —  A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next  —  When Donald Trump stood before his followers on Jan. 6 and urged them to march on the United States Capitol, he was doing what he had always done.

Trump expected to fight with big tech during final days in office  —  Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump from platform  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is preparing to lean into his fight with Twitter and other social media platforms this week, a Trump adviser said …

GOP senator: Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’  —  Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who has played a leading role in opposing efforts to throw out the results of the 2020 election, on Saturday said President Trump has “committed impeachable offenses.”  —  “I do think the president committed …

Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot … ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary.

Chris Christie Has No Regrets  —  Throughout Donald Trump's Presidency, the former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has been an informal adviser to the White House.  His embrace of the Trump Administration has been complicated.  Christie led Trump's White House transition team but was removed shortly after Trump won the election.

‘The storm is here’: Ashli Babbitt's journey from capital ‘guardian’ to invader  —  The politician she revered above all others had lost an election.  She'd struggled with crippling amounts of debt.  Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction.

Trump's Capitol Offense  —  The presidency melts down, as Trump becomes too vile even for Twitter.  —  WASHINGTON — Even as a small child, I knew I was seeing something tremendous.  —  I didn't know that the light in the dome meant that Congress was in session.

Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says  —  DC attorney general: Pence should invoke 25th Amendment  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve the option in case President Donald Trump becomes more unstable, a source close to the vice president says.

Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump  —  Wide segments of the party are eager to see investigations and prosecutions of President Trump and his allies, while President-elect Joseph Biden is taking a more measured approach.  —  WASHINGTON — Twelve years ago …

McCarthy and Scalise face internal dissension after Capitol riot  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise are facing backlash from their Republican colleagues for standing by President Donald Trump after he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol this week …

AJC EXCLUSIVE: Georgia attorney among those who broke into U.S. Capitol  —  When hundreds of pro-Trump protesters stunned and horrified the nation by forcing their way into the United States Capitol Wednesday, self-described “Anti-Communist Counter-Revolutionary” McCall Calhoun was among the first through the doors.

Inside the House chamber as the Capitol was overrun by an angry mob … WASHINGTON — We always knew Wednesday, January 6th, was going to be wild.  Republicans in the House and Senate planned to object to the certification of the Electoral College vote, a process we anticipated would take more than twenty four non-stop hours.

‘It Was No Accident’ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege.  —  On Wednesday, January 6, Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic congresswoman from Washington State, was sitting in the gallery above the House chamber, watching the proceedings to count the Electoral College vote and certify …

Group of State Department Officials Call for Consultations on Trump's Removal  —  Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.  —  Career officials at the State Department filed a second unprecedented dissent cable …

Election gambit blows up on Hawley and Cruz  —  Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have positioned themselves as heirs to President Donald Trump's base.  But their decision to embrace Trump's election challenge is fueling major blowback — even as they remain largely unrepentant after this week's deadly riot.

The Silence of the Damned  —  The first time I walked through the West Wing after Donald Trump's inauguration, I was confronted with a large photo of the new president mounted on the wall in a stairwell.  The image captures him peering out the window of a plane.  His lips are pursed and parted, revealing his teeth.

Maricopa County Republican Committee votes to censure Cindy McCain, who endorsed Joe Biden for president  —  The Maricopa County Republican Committee voted Saturday to censure Cindy McCain, calling the longtime Republican a “troubled individual” who has supported “leftist” causes and candidates who run counter to conservative values.