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Parler, the social media app popular among Trump supporters, is suing Amazon after it was dropped from the tech giant’s web hosting platform, reports say.

It has accused Amazon of breaking anti-trust laws and is asking a federal judge to order its reinstatement on Amazon Web Services cloud computing service.

Amazon took action after finding dozens of posts on Parler which it said encouraged violence.

Google and Apple had already removed Parler from their app stores, saying it failed to comply with their content-moderation requirements.

You can read more on why Amazon dropped Parler here.

Now the House has adjourned for the day, a statement has been released by Alex Mooney - the Republican lawmaker whose objection brought proceedings to a halt.

Explaining his decision, Mr Mooney - of West Virginia - said the House "must never adopt a resolution that demands the removal of a duly elected president, without any hearings, debate or recorded votes.”

"It is wrong to have sent members of Congress home and then try to adopt without any debate a precedent-setting resolution that could imperil our Republic," he added.

In light of his objection, the House will reconvene tomorrow to address the resolution, which calls on Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution and remove Trump from the White House.

(Read more on the 25th Amendment here)

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The US capital's iconic Washington Monument will be closed until 24 January due to concerns for the security of Joe Biden's inauguration.

In a statement, external, the US National Park Service said it had made the decision "in response to credible threats to visitors and park resources".

The service said the closure may be extended if necessary, and it may also restrict public access to roads, parking areas and toilets within the National Mall and Memorial Parks "to protect public safety".

The Washington Monument is located near the White House and crowds typically gather along the nearby National Mall to watch the swearing-in of presidents.

Last Wednesday, thousands of Trump supporters also congregated around the monument before the Capitol building was stormed.

As you heard earlier, Democrats have introduced two resolutions today that are both designed to kick Trump out of office ahead of his official 20 January leaving date when he hands over control to Joe Biden.

The first calls on Vice-President Mike Pence to convene the White House cabinet to vote to eject Trump from office under the 25th Amendment to the US constitution.

That effort, which would have required unanimous consent from the entire chamber to move forward today, was blocked by a West Virginia Republican, setting up debate and a possible vote on Tuesday.

If Pence does not act to remove Trump, as most experts expect, the House will begin debate on Wednesday on the article of impeachment filed today accusing Trump of inciting insurrection.

The sponsors of the impeachment bill say they already have enough votes for it to pass the House on Wednesday.

If Trump is impeached for a second time, the Senate will hold a trial to decide whether or not to convict him of the political charge.

Democrats say the trial may not happen immediately, as the Senate has more pressing concerns such as pandemic-related financial relief that will take precedent in the first month of Biden's term.

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The New York State Bar Association is launching an inquiry into President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.

The inquiry will determine whether Giuliani should be removed from the membership rolls of the country's largest voluntary state bar association.

In a statement on Monday, the NYSBA "strongly condemned" the president and those who had aided his efforts to overturn the election.

Mere hours before the invasion of the US Capitol, Giuliani told the assembled mob of Trump supporters: “Let’s have trial by combat.”

Citing these words and the "hundreds of complaints" it had received about Giuliani's "baseless" legal efforts to contest Joe Biden's election victory, the NYSBA said the inquiry would give him an opportunity to explain himself.

"This decision is historic for NYSBA, and we have not made it lightly," the statement concludes. "We cannot stand idly by and allow those intent on rending the fabric of our democracy to go unchecked."

A resolution to impeach Trump for his role in last week's violence was formally introduced by Democrats during the brief pro forma session that took place in the House of Representatives this morning.

The document accuses Trump of "incitement of insurrection," and claims that Trump actively encouraged violence at the US Capitol.

The article points to several false claims Trump made, including that the election was "stolen" from him and that he is the rightful winner of the 2020 vote.

As promised, the Democrats introduced a resolution moments ago calling on Vice-President Mike Pence to convene the White House cabinet to hold a meeting on whether to discharge Trump from office under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution.

The brief pro forma session adjourned in less than 15 minutes after an objection to the resolution by a Republican lawmaker from West Virginia. It will reconvene tomorrow.

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In the last few minutes, the House of Representatives has convened.

Democrats plan to introduce an article of impeachment against Trump today, accusing him of inciting insurrection and violence against the US government.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats will attempt to impeach Trump for a second time - a first for any US president - if Vice-president Mike Pence and Trump's White House cabinet do not first evict him under the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution.

Lawmakers are meeting amid “uncertainty and indignation” says the House chaplain as she reads a prayer to open the session.

“The seeds of discontent were sown across our country and we have reaped the whirlwind,” says chaplain Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben

“Allow your Holy Spirit to descent amid the chaos,” she continues.

The meeting begins with the reading of the resignation of the House sergeant-at-arms, who resigned after criticism of his handling of Wednesday’s violence.

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As the House of Representatives prepares to convene, the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has released a copy of today's resolution, calling on Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Donald Trump from office.

In the text,, external the resolution urges Vice-President Pence to "declare what is obvious to a horrified nation: that the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office".

It accuses President Trump of encouraging "rioters and insurrectionists to 'march on the Capitol' and 'fight'" during a rally on 6 January.

The president also stands accused of "at least 3 attempts to intervene in the lawful vote counting and certification process in Georgia".

Should Mr Pence fail to act on the resolution, Democrats have signalled their intention to impeach President Trump instead - the second impeachment he's faced in his four-year term.

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has received more than 40,000 digital tips from the public - including video and photos - in connection with violence around the Capitol last week.

As part of its investigations, the FBI is offering a $50,000 (£37,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of an individual who planted pipe bombs at Democratic and Republican party headquarters.

Since the riot last Wednesday, authorities have arrested at least 82 people.

Among those who've been detained are a "QAnon Shaman" and a newly-elected West Virginia lawmaker.

Another man, Richard Barnett, has also been detained after pictures showed him posing at the desk of Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America reporter

It’s a new week in Washington, but the fallout from Wednesday's tragic events is just beginning.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is pushing to impose consequences for Donald Trump’s actions - and inactions - last week. That will begin with a 24-hour challenge to Vice-President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

If Pence declines, Democrats will set the wheels in motion for the president's second impeachment in just over a year.

With only eight days left in Trump's presidency, however, Democrats are very aware of the disruption an impeachment and a Senate trial would cause to the early days of Joe Biden's administration.

That's why there is talk of delaying Trump's Senate trial until after Biden's first 100 days in office. At that point the pressure to remove Trump will be past, but other punishments - stripping him of the accommodations and privileges ex-presidents enjoy and prohibiting him from future federal office - still apply.

A year ago, Senate Republicans voted as a block to acquit the president of impeachment charges. This time, however, there may be some willing to side with Democrats to make sure that Trump, once out of power, never returns again.

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Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has accused House and Senate security officials of hindering efforts to call in the National Guard during last Wednesday's riots.

Sund told the Washington Post newspaper that, days before, he'd asked for the DC National Guard to be on standby.

But his request was denied by House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, who allegedly said he wasn't comfortable with the "optics" of declaring an emergency ahead of protests. Meanwhile, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger suggested that the National Guard should only be informally placed on standby.

Sund, who stepped down last Friday, said that he made five other calls for assistance on the day of the riots - all of which were denied or delayed.

Irving and Stenger have both resigned their posts since last week's protests, and have not publicly commented on the allegations made by Sund.

The Pentagon has defended its actions. A spokesperson told the Washington Post that it relies on assessments by Capitol Police and federal agencies, and no request for National Guard support had been submitted ahead of time.

Jonathan Marcus
Diplomatic analyst

Many foreign leaders - and especially Washington's allies - will have watched the events last week on Capitol Hill with amazement and alarm.

The episode says much about Washington's standing in the world after four years of the Donald Trump presidency. The US has haemorrhaged both influence and soft power.

It has pulled out of arms control agreements, the Iran nuclear deal, and a major climate accord. It has sought to reduce its military engagements overseas while offering little in the way of diplomatic alternatives.

Countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have all, to an extent, sought to provide for their own security, mindful that the US president's attention span is limited. Indeed Donald Trump often appears to regard authoritarian leaders as more convivial hosts than the heads of government of many of his democratic allies.

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The forces of attraction that made the country a model for aspiring democrats everywhere are tarnished, its fissures are there for all to see.

Today, as analyst Ian Bremmer notes: "The US is by far the most politically dysfunctional and divided of all the world's advanced industrial democracies."

This matters because, over recent years, the international system has clearly suffered from Trump's decision to pursue an America First policy. Authoritarians are on the march. China and Russia both feel their influence has been bolstered during the Trump years. The institutions of the liberal order - like Nato, the UN and many of its agencies - face varying degrees of crisis.

You can read the full analysis here.

Democrats have drafted a single article of impeachment to file against Trump once the House of Representatives meets in just a few hours time, at 11:00 in Washington (16:00 GMT).

The resolution drafted by three Democrats - who began writing it while under lockdown in the US Capitol last Wednesday - accuses Trump of "incitement of insurrection".

The resolution cites Trump's repeated unsubstantiated claims that he won the November vote, his speech in Washington on the day of the riot, and his plea with Georgia's top voting official to "find" more Republican votes even after the tally had been finalised.

"In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government," the resolution says.

"He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States."

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The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) has announced that they are changing plans to host their 2022 at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in the wake of the Capitol Hill riot.

"It has become clear that conducting the PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster would be detrimental to the PGA of America brand and would put at risk the PGA's ability to deliver our many programmes and sustain the longevity of our mission," said PGA of America President Jim Richerson.

"It was a decision made to ensure the PGA of America and PGA professionals can continue to lead and grow our game for decades to come."

The course, one of 17 courses around the world owned by Trump, was due to host the major in May 2022.

A representative for the Trump Organization said they were "incredibly disappointed" with the decision.

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A number of Republican state-level officials travelled to Washington to attend the Trump rally on 6 January that later became a riot at Congress.

• West Virginia ex-state delegate Derrick Evans resigned over the weekend after being charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. A livestream he filmed showed him shouting and pushing his way into the building on Wednesday
• Pennsylvania state senator Doug Mastriano organised buses to travel to Washington (pictures he posted on social media showed rally-goers on the bus not wearing masks or social distancing). He denies entering the Capitol building during the raid
• Missouri state representative Justin Hill skipped his own inauguration to travel to Washington. He said he marched to the Capitol but did not enter, calling those that did "anarchists" and "agitators"
• Tennessee state representative Terri Lynn Weaver attended, posting on Twitter after the violence that it was an "epic and historic day gathering with fellow Patriots".

In addition to the Republican lawmakers, several police officers who were off-duty reportedly attended as well. Local law-enforcement agencies around the country say they are looking into what actions their officers took in Washington during the unrest.

Democrats, including House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, want Mr Trump to be held responsible for actions which many say prompted the 6 January riot.

Though it may be too late to remove him before the end of his term, they are still keen to sanction him, potentially depriving him of benefits afforded to former presidents and banning him from any future office.

There are ways that the president could get his marching orders, including a second impeachment, although they are unlikely.

Read more here

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Several major US corporations announced over the weekend that they are withholding donations to lawmakers who have been blamed for stoking last week's unrest at the Capitol.

Hotel chain Marriott International pledged to withhold campaign contributions from any official "who voted against certification" of Biden's November victory. The certification process was briefly halted when rioters interrupted the session last Wednesday.

After the session continued, 147 Republican lawmakers cast votes in an attempt to throw out Biden's win.

Health insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield and financial powerhouse Citibank have also said they will stop donations to the lawmakers who objected to the US democratic process.

Bank of America, Ford Motor Co and telecoms firm AT&T have said they will consider recent events when deciding which candidate to give financial backing to in the future.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed concern at the suspension of Donald Trump from several social media platforms, according to her spokesman.

In a statement, Steffen Seibert said the move was "problematic" because freedom of opinion should be determined by legislatures, not tech bosses.

However the chancellor said she was "furious and saddened" by the storming of the US Capitol last week, and accused President Trump of stoking unrest by refusing to concede to Joe Biden.

Platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat have suspended accounts belonging to President Trump over the last few days.

A contentious social media network, Parler, which is popular with Trump supporters, has also been taken offline by Amazon and removed from the app stores of Apple and Google.

Tara McKelvey
BBC News, Washington

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Do you recognise anyone in this picture? If so, FBI agents want to hear from you.

They are conducting a massive effort to track down and arrest the people who broke into the Capitol building on Wednesday.

They want everyone in the city, and across the US, to join their crime-solving team.

Read more here