2020 Election
How “The Women For America First” Bus Tour Led To The Capitol Coup Attempt
The Women for America First cross-country tour spent the weeks before its Jan. 6 event spreading election lies and, on occasion, calling for violence.
Craig Silverman
QAnon Faithful Believed Biden Would Never Be President. Now They’re Shocked, Heartbroken, And Angry.
“There isn’t a word to describe the depression and disappointment I feel right now.”
Paul McLeod
Mitch McConnell No Longer Controls The Senate After Georgia's Democratic Senators Were Sworn In
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock officially give Democrats tiebreaking power in the Senate. Sen. Alex Padilla was also sworn in to Vice President Kamala Harris’s seat.
Addy Baird
Vrbo Won’t Cancel Reservations For Inauguration Week, And DC Locals Are Scared
Unlike Airbnb, Vrbo isn’t canceling DC stays. UPDATE: It will block new reservations Tuesday afternoon through Friday, Jan 22.
Katie Notopoulos
Far-Right Extremists Around The World Are Drawing Inspiration From The Insurrection On Capitol Hill
On secret communication channels and open message boards, white supremacists are rejoicing at what President Donald Trump unleashed — and planning their next moves.
Christopher Miller
Using A Pseudonym, This QAnon Believer Raised $40,000 To Send People To The DC Riot
At least one person whom "Thad Williams" helped send to DC bragged about carrying a firearm to the nation's capital.
Craig Silverman
GoFundMe Has Banned Trump Rally Travel Fundraisers Because Of The Capitol Violence
Trump supporters are planning and preparing for more inauguration-related rallies, but they will no longer be able to use GoFundMe to help them get there.
Brianna Sacks
The Supreme Court Refused To Interfere In The Election Before Biden Is Sworn In
The justices denied requests by Trump and his supporters to take up a group of failed election challenges before Inauguration Day.
Zoe Tillman
Republicans Are Calling For “Unity” After They Voted To Try To Overturn The Election Following The Deadly Capitol Attack
One hundred forty-seven Republicans in Congress voted to try to keep President Donald Trump in power based on what many knew were lies about the election.
Sarah Mimms
Twitter Has Kicked Donald Trump Off For Good
For years, Trump has used the social media site to spread hate and lies. Until today.
Scott Lucas
Apple Has Threatened To Ban Parler From The App Store
The social networking app favored by conservatives has been given 24 hours to institute a moderation policy.
Ryan Mac
Twitter Has Banned Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, And Ron Watkins For Spreading QAnon Delusions
The social platform is permanently suspending accounts “that are solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content.”
Caroline Haskins
This Pro-Trump YouTube Network Sprang Up Just After He Lost
A group of channels connected to the Epoch Times is pumping out hoaxes and lies without identifying their connections to the right-wing newspaper.
Craig Silverman
"Stop The Steal" Groups Are Still Flourishing On Facebook
Social media companies banned Trump, but not the groups he inspired.
Jane Lytvynenko
The Mob At The Capitol May Have Put National Security Secrets At Risk
At least one laptop believed to contain sensitive information was among the items stolen from Congress.
Christopher Miller
Trump-Supporting Lawyer Lin Wood Has Been Permanently Banned From Twitter
Lin Wood used Twitter to promote yesterday's insurrection and to spread conspiracy theories about the presidential election.
Ryan Mac
Facebook Has Banned Donald Trump For At Least Two Weeks
“We are extending the block indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks,” wrote CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the announcement.
Jane Lytvynenko
BLM Activists See A Big Double Standard In How Police Dealt With Trump Insurrectionists
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
Emmanuel Felton
Republicans Are Still Trying To Overturn Trump’s Election Loss Even After His Supporters Took Over The Capitol
A majority of House Republicans along with six senators voted, futilely, to try to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona.
Addy Baird
Facebook Forced Its Employees To Stop Discussing Trump's Coup Attempt
“What excuse did we use not to ban him this time?”
Ryan Mac
Trump Forecast The Capitol Attack In A Warning To The Supreme Court In December
Trump and his allies have used the courts over the past two months to push voter fraud conspiracy theories that fueled Wednesday’s assault on the Capitol.
Zoe Tillman
Apologists For Trump’s Mob Have Tried To Falsely Blame The Coup Attempt On Antifa
Right-wing figures have spread baseless claims that antifa was behind Wednesday’s violent insurrection at the Capitol.
Craig Silverman
Twitter Threatened To Permanently Suspend Donald Trump
The president has earned a timeout, but hasn’t been banned — yet.
Scott Lucas
QAnon Believers Were Part Of Mob That Stormed The Capitol
The collective delusion finally reached the level of violence it always threatened.
Katie Notopoulos
The Rioters Who Took Over The Capitol Have Been Planning Online In The Open For Weeks
The mob that forced Congress to flee organized on both obscure and mainstream sites.
Jane Lytvynenko
President Trump Just Used Social Media To Attempt A Coup
While violent supporters stormed the Capitol, Donald Trump cheered them on using the last tool he has: the internet.
Ryan Mac
Here Are All The Republicans Who Voted To Object To The Election Results
Sixty-seven Republican members of Congress objected to President-elect Joe Biden's win in Arizona before protesters stormed the Capitol.
Addy Baird
Mitch McConnell Will Lose Control Of The Senate As Democrats Have Swept The Georgia Runoffs
Democrats will control both chambers of Congress plus the White House, giving President-elect Joe Biden the chance to enact his agenda.
Paul McLeod
Live Results: Georgia Senate Runoff Elections
Here are the results for the runoff elections in Georgia, which will determine the balance of power in the Senate.
BuzzFeed News
Josh Hawley Said He'll Object To Biden's Electoral College Certification, Forcing A Vote
Mitch McConnell had been trying to prevent such a move, fearing it will force Republicans to make unpopular votes against Trump that could be used by primary challengers.
David Mack
