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The running mate of Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, Veronica Abad, greets supporters in Quito after their election win. Abad is a self-proclaimed "classic woman", Catholic, disbeliever of feminist struggles and against the legalization of abortion, euthanasia and drugs. IMAGES
In remarks outside a New York courtroom to reporters, Donald Trump says his focus is "totally" on running for president when asked if he would consider becoming Speaker of the House a day after Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position. "We'll do whatever is best for the country and for the Republican party," he adds. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump Jr. had considered running for an open Senate seat in Wyoming last year--but decided against it. Instead, Business Insider reports the eldest son of President Donald Trump and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle are looking at real estate in Florida. The eldest son of President Donald Trump has sparred with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) over his father's foreign policy agenda in the past. But while Wyoming strongly leans Republican, he lacked roots in the Western state, which is also the least populated state in the US. White House advisor Ivanka Trump is thought of as a potential Republican challenger to GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida in 2022. Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner are also house-hunting in Florida, where her father and stepmother plan to relocate shortly.
Two members of the US Capitol Police have been suspended after welcoming pro-Trump rioters into the Capitol building on Wednesday. According to Business Insider, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) said one of the officers took a selfie with a rioter. The other put on a 'Make America Great Again' hat and directed insurrectionists through the building. Ryan is on the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, which oversees spending on the Capitol Police force. He said one of the members may have been arrested. The attack Wednesday was the worst assault on the US Capitol since British forces burned it down in 1814. The rioters failed to stop the certification of electoral college votes for President-elect Joe Biden at the urging of President Donald Trump. The violence resulted in five deaths.
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has turned on Donald Trump. Murkowski is the first Republican member of Congress to urge Trump to resign from office. Trump is accused of inciting rioters to breach the Capitol by lying for months that the presidential election "I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage." Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News in an interview published on Friday.