What happened todaypublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021
We're pausing our live coverage for now, but here's a recap on what happened on this busy Monday:
- Acting Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf has announced he is stepping down
- Democrats have filed one impeachment article against Trump, charging that he incited his supporters to attack Congress
- Democrats have also called on Vice-President Mike Pence to eject Trump under the 25th Amendment to the US constitution
- While receiving his second vaccine dose, President-elect Biden pledged to hold "folks who engaged in sedition" accountable
- A Democratic lawmaker has tested positive for Covid-19 and believes she was infected while sheltering from rioters with other lawmakers last Wednesday
- Security is being stepped up ahead of Biden's inauguration on 20 January, with the National Guard authorising some 15,000 trooops to be deployed to DC