The internal report, which does not appear to have been shared widely with other agencies, was among the flags that experts say should have alerted officials to the risks.
In Aberdeen, Md., the police chief’s son declared he had “stormed the Capitol,” prompting the same kind of reckoning underway in communities across the country. There was fear, fury, lies, conspiracy theories and, before long, a threat of more violence.
Assembled in the mob were self-described militias, white nationalists and sundry conspiracists and agitators. Some wore tactical vests and helmets adorned with far-right symbols and slogans.
Democrats are eager to punish President Trump for inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but wary of a Senate trial dragging on too long and slowing President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda.
The Mall will be shuttered to the public for nearly a week.
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The incoming president said he will use FEMA to build vaccine centers in schools and stadiums. He repeated a warning that the pandemic will worsen and that more Americans will die in coming months before the vaccine can be administered to enough people to turn the tide.
States were anticipating a windfall after federal officials said they would stop holding back second doses. But the policy had already changed, and no stockpile exists.
The rapid spread of the variant first detected in the United Kingdom heightens the urgency of getting people vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
If U.S. deaths remained below 200,000, he said in March of last year, it would show his administration had “done a very good job.”
This week, New Jersey issued new covid-19 vaccination guidelines that now allow the state's roughly two million smokers to get a covid-19 vaccine.
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