Congressional Democrats publicly urged then-Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump after failing to stop hundreds of his supporters from breaking into the Capitol in a violent attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Thousands of U.S. federal employees stopped working on Wednesday when the government shutdown due to a budget impasse in Congress.

President Donald Trump issued a security guarantee for Qatar after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for an Israeli strike and announced Gaza ceasefire plans.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is preparing to declare a state of emergency to protect his country in the event of an attack by the US military, amid rising tensions over the deployment of American warships to the Caribbean.