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On Monday, First lady Melania Trump lashed out at her critics in a statement. This is her first public remarks since last Wednesday's violent siege of the Capitol building by her husband's loyalists. Melania expressed sympathy for those who died during or from injuries sustained amid last Wednesday's riot. Business Insider reports she named each of the individuals. She misspelled the name of one rioter killed by Capitol Police. Melania lifted a line from her speech last August at the Republican National Convention.
Violent Trump supporters have breached the US Capitol building. Capitol police officers confirmed the mob laid siege to the Capitol as lawmakers counted the Electoral College votes. Shortly after 1 p.m., pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers along the perimeter of the Capitol. The violent rioters fought with law enforcement officers calling the officers "traitors" for doing their jobs. Approximately 90 minutes later, police said the insurgents broke into the building and began vandalizing the House and Senate. One woman was shot during the insurrection and has died.
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists, each on one side of Congress Square in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, chant and wave scarves -- blue for the "save both lives" movement and green for the abortion rights movement -- as the final debate on a bill legalising abortion takes place in the Senate. IMAGES
Pro-choice activists gather outside Argentina's Congress building in the capital Buenos Aires as a polarized Senate begins a debate on legalizing abortion in a vote experts say could go either way. IMAGES
For years, President Donald Trump was a Fox News superfan, routinely phoning in to give impromptu interviews and receive gushing praise. But now, Business Insider reports Trump is waging war against the network. What's more, he's encouraging his supporters to migrate over to more MAGA-friendly channels like Newsmax and One America News Network. As it increasingly challenges Trump's baseless election fraud claims, Fox News is under a siege of its own making. With its recognition of Joe Biden as President-elect, Fox News' favorability ratings among Republicans fell by 13% following the election.
Possibly referring to himself as 'the Golden Goose' that had been forgotten, President Donald Trump on Thursday ratcheted up his attacks on Fox News. The president regularly tweets Fox News clips of guests or hosts praising him. He's also been critical of the Rupert Murdoch-owned network. Trump and Fox News have blown hot and cold together over the years. However, when Fox named Joe Biden president-elect, it seemed to be the last straw. According to Business Insider, Trump retweeted several regular Twitter users' complaints about the network--and registered his own. A few said they wanted to switch from Fox News to Newsmax, a less widely distributed but more explicitly pro-Trump network.