For the first time in history, a Congressional committee is taking this step. The major provocation for these charges and for the existence of this committee was the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6. One Capitol police officer who was trying to resist the rioters that they testified before the committee about what she saw: "I couldn't believe my eyes"
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the former president is long and winding. The UN’s biodiversity summit ended with a historic but still unsatisfying agreement. And our language columnist presents his choice for word of the year.
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