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Trump allies were behind rally that ignited Capitol riot, records show

January 17, 2021 at 3:11 PM

WASHINGTON — Members of President Donald Trump’s failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting claims the event was the brainchild of the president’s grassroots supporters. A pro-Trump nonprofit group called Women for America First hosted the “Save America Rally” on Jan. 6 at the Ellipse, an oval-shaped, federally owned patch of land near the W...
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House Democrats call for accountability while Republicans call for unity and rail against 'cancel culture' in impeachment debate

January 13, 2021 at 5:27 PM

Reuters The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for the "incitement of insurrection" in the wake of last week's deadly Capitol siege. During the House debate, Democrats argued Trump must be held accountable for provoking the violent mob, while Republicans called for "unity and healing" and defended the president's rhetoric and election lies. Trump is the first president in American history to be impeached twice. His impeachment is also the most bipartis...
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House members engage in a fiery debate over impeaching Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol

January 13, 2021 at 3:59 PM

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The House prepares to impeach the president after a fiery debate and as Trump is more isolated than ever

January 13, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Reuters The House of Representatives is poised to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time for "incitement of insurrection" following last week's deadly Capitol siege. Debate over the article of impeachment began shortly after 9 a.m. ET and can be watched online on C-SPAN, YouTube, and the House's official website. Scroll down to watch the livestream and follow Insider's live coverage of the historic event. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The House of Represe...
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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush makes a fiery speech calling to impeach 'the white supremacist in chief'

January 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM

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LIVE: House minority leader Kevin McCarthy says Trump 'bears responsibility' for the Capitol siege and shoots down antifa conspiracy theories

January 13, 2021 at 1:53 PM

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LIVE: Rep. Cedric Richmond says some Republicans are 'co-conspirators' in the insurrection and tells them to 'man up, woman up,' and defend the Constitution

January 13, 2021 at 1:08 PM

Reuters The House of Representatives is poised to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time for "incitement of insurrection" following last week's deadly Capitol siege. Debate over the article of impeachment began shortly after 9 a.m. ET and can be watched online on C-SPAN, YouTube, and the House's official website. Scroll down to watch the livestream and follow Insider's live coverage of the historic event. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The House of Represe...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, New York, News, Instagram, Maryland, Supreme Court, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House

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YouTube puts a temporary freeze on uploads to Trump’s channel

January 13, 2021 at 5:52 AM

YouTube has been the slowest of the big social media platforms to react to the threat of letting president Trump continue to use its platform as a megaphone to whip up insurrection in the wake of the attack on the US capital last week. But it’s now applied a temporary upload ban. In a short Twitter thread today, the Google-owned service said it had removed new content uploaded to Trump’s YouTube channel “in light of concerns about the ongoing potential violence”. It also said it’s applied a firs...
Tags: Google, Social, Facebook, Europe, UK, Youtube, Washington, Germany, Angela Merkel, Censorship, US, Tech, Policy, Gop, Nancy Pelosi, Rupert Murdoch

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Amazon joins Airbnb, Marriott, and other US corporate giants in cutting off donations to Republican lawmakers who opposed Biden's certification as president

January 12, 2021 at 4:16 AM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Amazon has become the latest US corporate giant to cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. It joins Morgan Stanley, Dow, and AT&T in deciding to cut funding to specific Republicans. Separately, JP Morgan, Citibank, Microsoft, and Facebook said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Microsoft, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, Boston, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Bloomberg, Joe Biden

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Walmart, Amazon and other US corporate giants in cutting off donations to Republican lawmakers who opposed Biden's certification as president

January 12, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Walmart will halt political donations to lawmakers that opposed certifying president-elect Joe Biden's victory. It joins Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Dow, and AT&T in deciding to cut funding to specific Republicans. Separately, JP Morgan, Citibank, Microsoft, and Facebook said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both Republicans and Democrats...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Microsoft, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Walmart, Bloomberg, Joe Biden

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Marriott, Morgan Stanley, Dow, and other US firms are cutting off donations to Republican politicians that opposed Biden's certification as president

January 11, 2021 at 11:45 AM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott, Morgan Stanley, and Dow are among companies cutting off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. Goldman Sachs is reportedly likely to follow suit. Separately, JP Morgan, Citibank, Microsoft, and Facebook said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both Republicans and Democrats comple...
Tags: Facebook, Politics, Microsoft, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Joe Biden, Companies, Gop, Ford, Washington Dc

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Marriott, Morgan Stanley, Dow, and other US firms are cutting off Republicans that opposed Biden's certification as president

January 11, 2021 at 11:45 AM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott, Morgan Stanley, and Dow are among companies cutting off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. Goldman Sachs is reportedly likely to follow suit. Separately, JP Morgan and Citibank said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both Republicans and Democrats completely. Last We...
Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Joe Biden, Companies, Gop, Ford, Washington Dc, Mary Barra

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Stripe has reportedly stopped processing Trump campaign donations after the riots in the Capitol, arguing that the campaign encourages violence

January 11, 2021 at 7:14 AM

President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Stripe has stopped processing donations for President Donald Trump's campaign website, sources told the Wall Street Journal. The campaign violated Stripe's policies against encouraging violence, the sources said. Just hours before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Wednesday, the president urged people to object to the election results and "fight" for him. Trump's campaign has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund legal chal...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Congress, Finance, Trends, Joe Biden, Gop, Reddit, Marriott, Biden, Donald Trump, Morgan Stanley, Stripe

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In the wake of the Capitol siege, Marriott, Morgan Stanley, and other US firms are cutting off Republicans that opposed Biden's certification as president

January 11, 2021 at 5:32 AM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott, Morgan Stanley, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Commerce Bank have cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president, and Goldman Sachs is reportedly likely to follow suit. JP Morgan and Citigroup have all said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both Republicans ...
Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Joe Biden, Companies, Gop, Ford, Washington Dc, Mary Barra

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In the wake of the Capitol siege, Marriott, Morgan Stanley, Dow, and other US firms are cutting off Republicans that opposed Biden's certification as president

January 11, 2021 at 5:32 AM

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Marriott and Citi suspend political donations to GOP lawmakers who sided with Trump and objected to Biden's certification as president

January 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott and Citi have cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. Marriott and Citi are among the largest US companies to announce the will halt PAC donations to the GOP members who took part in the failed attempt to overturn the election. Companies including Microsoft, Google, GM, and Coca-Cola...
Tags: Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Texas, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Joe Biden, Companies, Gop, Missouri

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Marriott is pulling donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election, while JP Morgan and Citigroup are halting political donations altogether

January 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Commerce Bank have cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup have all said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both the Republicans and Democrats completely. Last Wed...
Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Joe Biden, Companies, Gop, Ford, Washington Dc, Mary Barra

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Marriott suspends political donations to GOP lawmakers who sided with Trump and objected to Biden's certification as president

January 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Marriott has cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. The hotel chain said the decision was the result of last week's siege on the US Capitol by pro-Trump supporters. Marriott is one of the largest US companies to announce it was halting PAC donations to the GOP members who took part in the fai...
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Investors shouldn't move their money because of the Georgia election results, says an investment chief

January 6, 2021 at 10:47 AM

NYSE trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day. Craig Ruttle/AP A 50-50 tie in the Senate won't have major stock market implications and investors shouldn't move money based on the Georgia election results, said David Bahnsen, chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group. "If an investor's asset allocation was to be substantially altered by a 50-50 Senate vs. a 51-49 Senate split, that asset allocation was never constructed well fro...
Tags: Senate, West Virginia, Trends, Tech, Georgia, Investing, Markets, Gop, House, Stocks, Silicon Valley, New York Stock Exchange, Nyse, HARRIS, Raphael Warnock, Gregory Rowe

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A 'nirvana set up' for FAANG in 2021: Wedbush says Chinese tech crackdown is bullish for US tech stocks

December 29, 2020 at 11:08 AM

Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Brewing crackdowns on Chinese tech stalwarts like Ant Group and Alibaba may bode well for US tech stocks next year, according to Wedbush's Dan Ives. Last week, Beijing's State Administration for Market Regulation announced the launch of an antitrust investigation against Alibaba, while Chinese finance regulators also summoned Ant Group to discuss its compliance processes. The senior technology analyst wrote in a note to clie...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Senate, China, US, Trends, Markets, Bank Of America, Netflix, Beijing, Gop, Alibaba, Biden, Apple Stock

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US stocks gain as Pelosi pressures Republicans to pass $2,000 stimulus checks

December 23, 2020 at 4:07 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Alex Wong/Getty Images; Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images US stocks gained on Wednesday as President Trump said that he wants Congress to increase the stimulus checks included in the anticipated coronavirus relief deal to $2,000 from $600.Democrats are on board with increasing the amount of direct payments to Americans, with House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi responding to Trump's demand with, "Let's do it!"With a government...
Tags: Apple, Elon Musk, Cook, Congress, Senate, US, Trends, Tesla, Gop, House, Tim Cook, SEC, Nancy Pelosi, Nasdaq, Mccarthy, Trump

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Congressional deal on Fed removes obstacle to agreement on COVID relief

December 20, 2020 at 1:56 AM

By ANDREW TAYLOR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON — Top congressional lawmakers struck a late-night agreement on the last major obstacle to a COVID-19 economic relief package costing nearly $1 trillion, clearing the way for votes as early as Sunday. A Democratic aide said in an email that an agreement had been reached late Saturday and that compromise language was being finalized to seal a deal to be unveiled on Sunday. The breakthrough involved a fight over Federal Reserve emergency powers th...
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It's Totally Fine to Beg Trump Supporters to Die for Him, Twitter Says

December 9, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Donald Trump has spent the weeks since his humiliating loss in the Nov. 3 presidential elections to Democrat Joe Biden lying about the outcome and urging various Republican governors and GOP-controlled state legislatures to burn democracy to the ground and cast their electoral votes for him instead. Since he’s had…Read more...
Tags: Twitter, Politics, Elections, Science, Technology, Joe Biden, Gop, Arizona, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, 2020 Elections, 2020 Election, Kelli Ward, Death Cult, Stop The Steal

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Inside the tragic last months of ex-Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh's life

December 6, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of Business Insider stories from co-Editor in Chief Matt Turner. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Sunday.Read on for the reporting on former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh's final months, tips on how to get a job in the Biden administration, and the rising stars of real estate. Tony Hsieh spent most of his last nine months in Park City, Utah, where he flew in new contacts and created a community amidst the pandemic. Chris Farina/...
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The sweet smell of fame and success: Doug McIntyre

November 22, 2020 at 3:02 AM

For more than a hundred years the high cheek-boned and tapered-waisted have flocked to Southern California seeking wealth and fame, but mostly fame. In my own extremely limited way, I too took the bait. Granted, my bathroom mirror did not suggest a career on the big screen — at best a tiny blurry photo in the Sunday paper to accompany 600 words of rambling opining on subjects I am only marginally competent to discuss. Still, as far-fetched as my dreams of superstardom may have been, at no time d...
Tags: Apple, Hollywood, Rihanna, California, Opinion, Cary Grant, Sport, Soccer, Gop, David Beckham, Tim Cook, Miami, Seattle Seahawks, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Chicago Bulls

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CEOs of top US firms met privately to discuss what to do if Trump's refusal to concede to Biden becomes a threat to democracy

November 13, 2020 at 9:49 AM

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden. Getty/Getty More than 24 CEOs of Fortune 500 firms met on November 6 to discuss what to do if President Donald Trump refused to leave office on January 20, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The CEOs — from companies in finance, manufacturing, retail, and media — said Trump had the right to pursue legal challenges alleging voter fraud, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, the Yale professor who organized the meeting, told the AP. But they also spo...
Tags: Apple, White House, US, San Francisco, Trends, Walmart, Joe Biden, Ap, Gop, Yale, New York Times, Associated Press, Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, New York University

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CEOs of top US firms held a private meeting to discuss what to do if Trump's refusal to concede to Biden becomes a threat to democracy

November 13, 2020 at 9:49 AM

Getty/Getty More than 24 CEOs of Fortune 500 firms met on November 6 to discuss what to do if President Donald Trump refuses to leave office on January 20, according to the Yale professor who organized the meeting. The CEOs said Trump had the right to pursue legal challenges alleging voter fraud, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld told AP. But they also spoke about making public statements, and pressuring GOP legislators, should Trump's refusal to concede threaten a peaceful transfer of power to Presiden...
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Election officials debunked the Arizona 'SharpieGate' conspiracy theory that right-wing activists spread online

November 4, 2020 at 10:34 PM

President Donald Trump holds up a Sharpie in the Oval Office at the White House in 2018. AP Photo/Evan Vucci A conspiracy theory falsely claims that using a "Sharpie" marker to fill out ballots in Arizona caused votes for President Donald Trump to be invalidated. "Sharpies are just fine to use," Megan Gilbertson, communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department, told Reuters. "They do not impact tabulation, and we encourage them on Election Day because of how fast the i...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Politics, Youtube, White House, Trends, Georgia, Joe Biden, Pennsylvania, Gop, Arizona, Cbs, Fox News, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump

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A Biden presidency might essentially be over before it can begin

November 4, 2020 at 12:21 PM

The 2020 presidential election is a cliffhanger, and we may not know the final results for days. But Democratic nominee Joe Biden has pulled ahead in the critical states of Michigan and Wisconsin with plenty of blue-leaning mail ballots to count. Because he won Arizona as well as Nebraska's second congressional district and leads narrowly in Nevada, President Trump has probably been defeated. The real question is whether Biden adds Pennsylvania and Georgia to the tally or whether we are look...
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Biden and Trump disagree on nearly everything — but here are three things they actually agree on

November 2, 2020 at 11:30 AM

Getty The 2020 presidential election is nearing its end — voting closes on November 3. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have vastly different views on most policy issues, from climate change to immigration to tax policy. But on a few select issues, such as Section 230, a strategy for lowering drug prices, and the promise of a large stimulus package, the two candidates agree. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. It goes without saying that Preside...
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