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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won't be making a final lap around Europe after all. His European was scrapped on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and European Union officials refused to meet with him. According to Business Insider, a series of diplomats snubbed Pompeo. One diplomatic source says that America's European allies were 'embarrassed' by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week. A day after the siege, Asselborn publicly called President Donald Trump a 'criminal' and a 'political pyromaniac who should be sent to criminal court.'
Not every member of the Republican party has accepted the outcome of the 2020 presidential race--including President Donald J. Trump. But according to Business Insider, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has. In fact, Romney has called on all Americans to support the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. On CNN's 'State of the Union' on Sunday, Romney told Jake Tapper that Trump 'will accept the inevitable' regarding the outcome, but would not do so gracefully. Don't expect him to go quietly into the night. That's not how he operates. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) Interview, CNN's 'State of the Union With Jake Tapper' Seeking to help in reuniting the country, Romney was the first sitting Republican senator to congratulate Biden after the incredibly contentious race was called.
US President Donald Trump arrives in the House chamber, where he was impeached just seven weeks ago, ahead of his third State of the Union address. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump arrives in Congress for his first official State of the Union address, where he is expected to make a pitch for national unity and encourage America to work together. IMAGES
Hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters gathered in Vermont Park, outside Philadelphia on Sunday, to hold a rally in support of the Senator just before the Democratic National Convention, despite the fact that Sanders has already endorsed Clinton. The crowd heard impassioned speeches from actors Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover, who backed Sanders throughout his ultimately unsuccessful bid for Democratic presidential nomination.
U.S. President Barack Obama knocks Republican presidential candidates for anti-Muslim rhetoric in his last State of the Union speech. Yiming Woo reports.