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After a group of former President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol on January 6, forcing lawmakers to evacuate and leaving multiple people dead, questions have lingered about the timeline of events.Some of those details have emerged in an internal Defense Department document that was obtained by the...

The Texas Rangers on Monday drew tens of thousands of fans to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas for opening day, with photos of the game looking like relics from the days before the COVID-19 pandemic.It was the largest crowd size at a sporting event in the US since the pandemic began, Insider's Erin Snodgrass rep...

When Democratic Rep. Katie Hill had sexually explicit photos of her published in a British tabloid alongside reports of a relationship with one of her staffers, she found an unlikely ally in GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz.Gaetz defended Hill after the House Ethics Committee opened a probe into the lawmaker over the alleged rel...

In a tweet on Thursday, Rep. Adam Kinzinger became the first Republican lawmaker to call on his colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz to resign over sex-trafficking allegations.Kinzinger tweeted a link to a story from The Daily Beast that alleges Gaetz paid money to an accused sex trafficker, who then sent the money to young wo...

Jennifer Weisselberg handed over boxes of financial records to investigators with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Thursday as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's finances.Weisselberg is the ex-wife of Barry Weisselberg, son of the Trump Organization's longtime Chief Financial O...

After a report of sexual assaults, a "cadre" of soldiers at Fort Sill in Oklahoma have been suspended while an investigation is carried out, the commanding general of the Army base said.A female soldier at the base reported on March 27 that "she was the victim of sexual assault involving Fort Sill cadre members," Ma...

A Justice Department investigation into GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is looking into money he and a political ally paid directly to women via apps, The New York Times reported Thursday. According to the report, which cited several unnamed sources familiar with the case, the women said they were paid for sex. Sourc...

Summary List PlacementThe latest round of stimulus checks has already landed in thousands of people's bank accounts as of Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The $1,400 checks are the latest round of direct payments delivered to Americans since the coronavirus began about one year ago. Treasury Department officials said earlier Friday that people should expect checks to start arriving this weekend after...

Summary List PlacementSen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said he did not feel threatened during the Capitol riot on January 6, but that he would have felt differently if the group had been Black Lives Matter protesters. Johnson, a Republican, was speaking during a radio interview that aired Friday on the conservative talk show, The Joe Pags Show. He repeated a statement he has made...

Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden said Thursday that all US adults will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1, but recent vaccination rates suggest it could be even sooner. The president was speaking during his first prime-time address since taking office and on the heels of the passage of the Democrats' $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Biden said the vaccination schedule could...

Summary List PlacementNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was captured outside the governor's mansion in Albany on Friday at the end of an eventful week. The third-term governor was seen talking on his phone, wrapped in a blanket, and holding a bottled drink, which appears to be Saratoga sparkling water. Cuomo's office did not respond to Insider's request for comment on what the governor was...

Summary List PlacementThe whereabouts of Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire who founded Alibaba and Ant Group, have been up in the air since the Chinese government cracked down on his companies in late 2020. But flight records for what is believed to be the businessman's private jet show he has been mostly at home and traveling within China, mostly to Beijing and Hainan, the...

Summary List PlacementAs calls grow for his resignation, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a top state lawmaker that they would have to impeach him if they want him out of office, the Associated Press reported. The Democrat is serving his third term as New York's governor but has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and allegations...

Summary List PlacementThe Georgia district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump's actions surrounding the state's presidential election has hired a lawyer with expertise in racketeering cases, Reuters reported Sunday. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said last month prosecutors were launching a criminal investigation to determine whether Trump had illegally interfered in attempts to overturn his loss in the state. Willis tapped John Floyd...

Summary List PlacementDuring his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday, former President Donald Trump said women's sports will "die" if trans athletes are allowed to compete. "Joe Biden and the Democrats are even pushing policies that would destroy women sports," Trump said, apparently in reference to the Equality Act, which seeks to expand protections for the LGBTQ community and was passed...

Summary List PlacementUS cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study published this week in Nature Communications. The researchers compared self-reported emissions data from 48 US cities to independent estimates based on federal data about factories, power plants, and roads, among other sources. They found cities are under-reporting by nearly 20%. When adjusted to include all US cities, that...

Summary List PlacementBernie Sanders used a viral image of himself at the inauguration to raise nearly $2 million for charity, but said: "even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress." The 79-year-old independent from Vermont said merchandise featuring the image has raised $1.8 million for the hunger charity Meals on Wheels Vermont in just five days, according to the Associated...

Summary List PlacementSarah Huckabee Sanders, a former press secretary for President Donald Trump, is running for governor of Arkansas, according to multiple reports. Sanders served as the White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019. Since leaving the administration she has remained a staunch defender of Trump. Sanders, 38, is also the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and her run for the...