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For Trump, an escape, but not an exoneration

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Having failed to convict, Democrats hope that the trial nonetheless made it implausible if not impossible for Trump to ever run for president again as …

Louisiana GOP votes to censure Cassidy over impeachment vote

“There is no question that president Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” said McConnell, who along with the rest of the Congress and former vice president Mike Pence fled the mob that descended on the Capitol on January 6.
“The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor.

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The executive committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana voted on Saturday to censure Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) over his vote to convict former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riots…

North Carolina GOP condemn Burr for impeachment vote against Trump

“There is no question that president Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” said McConnell, who along with the rest of the Congress and former vice president Mike Pence fled the mob that descended on the Capitol on January 6.
“The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor.

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The North Carolina Republican Party condemned Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) on Saturday for his vote to convict former President Trump during the Senate impeachment trial. …

Biden press aide TJ Ducklo resigns over ‘abhorrent’ remarks to female journalist

good move before being fired

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In first departure from Biden administration, Ducklo says he has ‘embarrassed and disappointed’ colleagues

White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned, the day after he was suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist inquiring about his relationship with another reporter.

In a statement on Saturday, Ducklo said he was “devastated to have embarrassed and disappointed my White House colleagues and President Biden”.

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World’s oldest known beer factory may have been unearthed in Egypt

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Ancient Egyptian site in Abydos apparently dates back to beginning of the first dynastic period

American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt, a top antiquities official said on Wednesday.

Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the factory was found in Abydos, an ancient burial ground located in the desert west of the Nile River, more than 450km (280 miles) south of Cairo.

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