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    US down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, as ordered by Trump

    15 Jan 2021

    President Donald Trump, who ordered the reduction in November, said on Thursday that troop levels in Afghanistan had reached a 19-year low, although he did not mention a troop number.

    Trump presses Georgia official to ‘find’ votes for him sparks political uproar

    04 Jan 2021

    The phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

    Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs

    04 Jan 2021

    The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article published in The Washington Post that implicitly questioned Trump’s willingness to follow his Constitutional duty to peacefully relinquish power on Jan.20.

    US Congress slaps Trump by overriding veto of defence bill

    02 Jan 2021

    By a lopsided vote of 81-13, well more than the two-thirds of the 100-member chamber required, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the $740.5 billion National Defense Authorisation Act to fund the military for fiscal year 2021.

    Taiwan-Biden ties off to strong start with invite for top diplomat

    21 Jan 2021

    Former President Donald Trump’s administration ramped up support for Taiwan, increasing arms sales and sending senior officials to Taipei, angering China and stirring even greater enmity from Beijing towards Washington.

    World welcomes US return to Paris climate accord

    21 Jan 2021

    Trump cast doubt on climate science and asserted that the accord was an economic burden. UN climate negotiations have stuttered since then, with multiple summits failing to deliver ambitious action.

    Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

    16 Jan 2021

    The US government early on Saturday carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump’s administration, a media witness said, just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.

    Trump will fly to Florida hours before Biden inauguration

    16 Jan 2021

    After spending more than two months trying to overturn the results of the November election, pushing false conspiracy theories about fraud, Trump’s presence had not been expected at the inauguration.

    White House officials resign after Capitol violence

    07 Jan 2021

    Four people died during the chaos — one from gunshot wounds and three from medical emergencies — after hundreds of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol in a bid to overturn his election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

    VIDEO: Four dead, 52 arrested after Trump supporters ransack Congress

    07 Jan 2021

    In a late night news conference, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 6pm curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on US Capitol grounds.

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