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Timeline: How one of the darkest days in American history unfolded
A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol after President Donald Trump urged supporters to march to the building to oppose the election results. Roughly 14 hours later, Congress affirmed Joe Biden's victory.
What the 25th Amendment says about removing a sitting president
Ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution gives the vice president the ability to subsume the powers of the presidency if he has the support of the executive Cabinet.
Meanwhile at the White House: Resignations, golfers and (Twitter) radio silence
As Washington and the world continued to reel from the violent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump supporters, the president honors three golfers with the nation's highest civilian award.
Star Tribune reporter gives firsthand account of D.C. chaos
We’re hearing more stories from those who were working in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday when it was stormed by pro-Trump insurrectionists. One of them was Star Tribune’s Washington correspondent Jim Spencer, who was in the House press gallery when the mob broke into the building.
Biden: Capitol attack was 'culmination' of Trump's assaults on democracy
President-elect Joe Biden delivered a blistering rebuke of President Donald Trump, a day after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol. Biden made the remarks before introducing his choice for U.S. attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland.
What led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the election? 
Throngs of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Wednesday stormed the U.S. Capitol and halted the ceremonial counting of electoral votes that would confirm Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect. 
How the U.S. Capitol mob was treated differently than earlier Black protesters
The way police handled Wednesday's onslaught showed that "some people are ... given certain kinds of leeway or space, and other people are not," says African American studies professor Eddie Glaude.