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Participants in Joe Biden's inauguration rehearsal evacuated from Capitol after fire in homeless encampment

Four law enforcement officials told The Associated Press there had been a blaze several blocks over and the rehearsal was evacuated in an abundance of caution

With Republican support cracking, President Donald Trump on brink of unprecedented second impeachment

In the House, the number three Republican Liz Cheney said she would be voting to impeach, and called Trump's actions "a betrayal" of his office

Donald Trump's Republican wall of support erodes as US House begins impeachment proceedings

The choice facing Republicans isn't just about the immediate fate of the outgoing president, but also whether the party's elected leaders are ready to move on

President-elect Joe Biden picks Samantha Power, former United Nations envoy, for US aid post

Power, who served as UN ambassador from 2013 to 2017, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for her book about the US foreign policy response to genocide

Senator Mitch McConnell, most powerful Republican in US Congress, privately backs Donald Trump's impeachment

The Senate Majority Leader's assessment comes on the eve of a House vote to formally charge Trump for his role in whipping up a mob of his supporters who stormed the Capitol

Donald Trump rejects blame for siege of US Capitol, calls Washington speech 'totally appropriate'

The outgoing president described his scheduled impeachment in the House of Representatives on Wednesday a "continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics"

Plans for armed protest at all 50 state Capitols ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 Jan, warns FBI

The talk of armed marches next week isn’t limited to “radicalised” Trump supporters. State capitol events on 17 January appear to be promoted by supporters of the anti-government, pro-gun “boogaloo” movement

President-elect Joe Biden picks William Burns as CIA chief; career diplomat set stage for Iran nuclear deal

Burns has deep experience in security and intelligence matters after spending over three decades in the US foreign service, including a stint as ambassador to Russia from 2005 to 2008

Donald Trump says he won't attend Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, days after Capitol violence

Trump offered no clues for how he would spent his final hours in office, and will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successor’s swearing-in

American Carnage: Storming of US Capitol puts paid to Ronald Reagan's shining city on a hill myth

The US Capitol was breached on Wednesday for the first time since 1814, when the British marched into Washington DC and set it ablaze