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The Kentucky Republican said Tuesday on the Senate floor, “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.”
- The sober moment on the eve of Biden’s inauguration was a measure of the enormity of loss for the nation.
- Twelve U.S. Army National Guard members have been removed from the presidential inauguration security mission.
- The pandemic’s U.S. death toll has eclipsed 400,000. And the loss of lives is accelerating.
- Joe Biden moves into the White House on Wednesday facing many weighty issues: a global pandemic. A crushing recession. Racial injustice. Right-wing extremism.
- A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of trying to defrost and spoil dozens of vials of COVID-19 vaccine was charged Tuesday with attempted misdemeanor property damage.
- President Trump offered rare, kind words to his successor in a farewell video.
- A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City’s 9/11 Memorial.
- In one of his final acts as president, Donald Trump was expected to grant clemency to as many as 100 people, according to two people briefed on the plans.
- Prosecutors have added five felony weapons and assault counts against a man already charged with attempted murder.
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- On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out anew at China.
- Nearly 108 years after Black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson was convicted in Chicago of transporting a white woman across state lines, the case docket reflecting his posthumous pardon has been posted in the federal court's electronic records system.
- Mike Lindell, CEO and founder of MyPillow and a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, says a backlash against the company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month.
- More than 125 people have been arrested so far on charges related to the violent insurrection at the Capitol.
- The College Board said the changes are part of a streamlining process that was accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.
- Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long.
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- A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland found significant racial disparities among thousands of complaints filed against Baltimore police officers from 2015 to 2019 and worked to identify the officers alleged of misconduct.
- Michigan (12-1, 7-1 Big Ten) made 12 of 24 3-pointers, tying its season-high for made 3′s, and shot 51.8% from the field.
- A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland found significant racial disparities among thousands of complaints filed against Baltimore police officers from 2015 to 2019 and worked to identify the officers alleged of misconduct.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s budget proposal counts on a series of tax cuts that state lawmakers would need to approve separately, including tax breaks for retirees, such as retired first responders and those receiving military pensions.
- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Baltimore City, which argues that fossil fuel companies ought to be held accountable for the impacts of climate change.
- What happens when an African American homicide detective from Baltimore moves to a small town with a history of racism on the Eastern Shore of Maryland? It isn't pretty, but it is illuminating and moving in the documentary "The Friendliest Town" arriving Jan. 19.
