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Nation & World

Published
January 7, 2021

Questions raised about Capitol Police’s inability to secure Capitol building

It is unclear how the Capitol Police force — with 1,879 sworn officers and a budget of $515.5 million — was unable to protect Congress.
Published
January 7, 2021

U.S. vaccine rollout hindered by faulty coordination, messaging

The missteps have put the number of vaccinations well behind targets set by the Trump administration's U.S. Operation Warp Speed effort.
Published
January 7, 2021

The Latest: U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Published
January 7, 2021

Lawmakers vow to investigate police after Capitol breach

Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how police handled Wednesday’s violent breach at the Capitol.
Published
January 7, 2021

After excusing violence, Trump acknowledges Biden transition

Trump’s acknowledgement came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building.

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Published
January 7, 2021

Congress confirms Biden’s presidential win early Thursday morning

Before dawn Thursday, lawmakers finished their work, confirming Biden won the election.
Published
January 7, 2021

Somber Senate unites to reject election challenges

Shaken senators returned to session Wednesday night to slap away a frivolous challenge to President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.
Published
January 6, 2021

A moment in America, unimaginable but perhaps inevitable

It was a real-time breaking and entering the likes of which the republic has never seen.
Published
January 6, 2021

‘This is not who we are as Americans and it certainly is not who we are as Mainers’

Some found understanding in the desperation behind the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. Others decried the actions and called it 'unsettling.'
Published
January 6, 2021

Statehouses across nation close after Trump rioters storm U.S. Capitol

Hundreds of Trump supporters broke through the gates of the Washington governor’s mansion complex in Olympia late Wednesday, and Texas, Utah, New Mexico and Georgia closed or partially closed their statehouses in case protests turned violent.