Donald Trump’s defense lawyers will make their case today as the Senate races toward a final vote in his impeachment trial as soon as Saturday.
Trump’s team argues that his rhetoric on the day of the deadly Capitol riot was protected by the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech and that prosecutors have not directly connected the actions of the rioters to Trump.
Five alleged members of the far-right Proud Boys group have been charged with criminal conspiracy in the Capitol attack.
Federal prosecutors have also outlined details of a suspected plot by the anti-government Oath Keepers group to stage a “quick reaction force” ready to fight if ordered to do so by Trump.
↑David Schoen and Bruce Castor, lawyers for Donald Trump, walk in the Senate Reception Room of the U.S. Capitol, February 11, 2021.
WORLD
↑Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori announces his resignation, February 12, 2021
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori has resigned and apologized again for sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry. Mori has gone from being a political asset to a liability in just a week.
China's New Year gala show has sparked a new racism controversy with a blackface performance. The four-hour show typically draws hundreds of millions of viewers.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the origins of the Stonehenge prehistoric monument after they uncovered the remains of an ancient stone circle in Wales that may have been dismantled and rebuilt hundreds of years later in England.
Business
Shares of Bumble soared more than 76% in their stock market debut, fetching a $14 billion valuation for the operator of the dating app where women make the first move.
We take a look at how Google’s threatened shutdown of its search engine in Australia would ripple across industries, saddling partners like Apple with a sudden revenue gap and retailers with a supply of potentially useless gadgets.
Walt Disney swung to a surprise quarterly profit, as 'The Mandalorian' and 'Soul' lifted its fast-growing streaming business, outweighing pandemic worries about its hobbled theme park operations.
