- PoliticsThe Independent
Biden news - live: President-elect cancels inauguration travel plan amid threats but Gaga will still perform
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Melania Trump didn't know whether she'd be attending Biden's inauguration until the president tweeted that he'd skip it
The first lady has generally kept quiet in recent months - she was silent for five days after the deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol.
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A Proud Boys supporter was charged after the FBI found more than 1,000 rounds of ammo and threats to go to DC to kill Sen.-elect Warnock
Eduard Florea posted on Parler that New York, where he lives, was "target rich" during the Capitol insurrection.
- PoliticsThe Telegraph
The musicians and celebrities who stood by Donald Trump
It’s a lonely time to be Donald Trump. After the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the House of Representatives, including 10 Republicans, voted to impeach the outgoing US President for an unprecedented second time, charging him with “incitement of insurrection”. Meanwhile, his corporate chums have been fleeing the floundering ship in droves. Companies from JP Morgan Chase to the Marriott hotel group have paused donations to the Republican Party. And the Professional Golfers’ Association decided to hit Trump where it hurts: confirming they will not use his courses for the 2022 men’s tour. But it seems that Trump still has support from an unlikely source: musicians. Even as that historic second impeachment was being finalised, it is reported that country music stars Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs were at the White House to receive the National Medal of Arts. Established in 1984, the medal is the highest award given to artists and patrons by the US government, and recognises individuals or groups for “outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States”. Keith and Skaggs’s awards have a last-gong-out-of-Saigon feel to them. But they are predictable choices. Keith played at a rally during Mr Trump’s 2016 election campaign, and at his subsequent inauguration concert – notoriously one of the most toxic tickets in town that year. A former star of American football, he is best known for his stomping, flag-drapped single, Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue. Otherwise known as the Angry American, it vaunts the US military and promises: “It’s going to be hell when you hear Mother Freedom come ringing her bell/ This big dog will fight if you rattle his cage.” Skaggs has a similar pedigree. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018, the 66-year-old multi-instrumentalist is notable for his virtuoso banjo picking – and evangelical Trumpism. “I believe Donald Trump is the right person in the right place, and that it’s prophetic,” he said in the run-up to the 2016 election.
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'Cowboys for Trump' leader plans to bring guns to DC on the day of Biden's inauguration
If he follows through, Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, could be breaking the law in Washington, DC.
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Aides had to convince Trump not to go to the impeachment vote in person to defend himself, report says
Deprived of his Twitter account, President Donald Trump is said to have had to be talked out of showing up to Wednesday's House impeachment vote.
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Kate Middleton Was Taken Aback by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 'Surprise' Birthday Gift
Kate celebrated her 39th birthday on January 9.
