Zelensky Invites Putin to Direct Peace Talks, Warns Ukraine Will Continue Fighting if No Progress Is Made 
CBS News Fires Scott Pelley Amid Major Changes at ‘60 Minutes’ in 2026 
AMLO Accuses U.S. of Interference as Mexico-U.S. Tensions Escalate in 2026 
Trump Team Rejects BBC Financial Data Request in $10B Lawsuit 
Ukraine Strikes Crimea Centers as Russia-Ukraine Conflict Intensifies 
Australia Passes Major Tax Reform Bill to Boost Housing Affordability and Cut Taxes for Workers 
U.S. Opens Public Comment Period on New U.S.-China Trade Board and Potential Tariff Cuts 
US Sanctions Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Key Officials Amid Rising Tensions 
Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill Nine Palestinians as Ceasefire Efforts Remain Stalled 
Meta Challenges Australia’s Proposed Tech Tax, Citing U.S. Trade Agreement Concerns 
Taiwan Urges China to Acknowledge Tiananmen Square Crackdown on 37th Anniversary 
Gulf Tensions Escalate as Iranian Missile Attacks Fail and Nuclear Talks Remain Stalled 
U.S. Proposes New Tariffs on Imports From 60 Economies Over Forced Labor Concerns 
Putin Says Ukraine War Could End Through Compromise as Russian Forces Continue Advances 
South Korea Weighs AI Profit Sharing as Samsung and SK Hynix Earnings Surge 
Trump Health Exam Results Called ‘Spectacular’ by Dr. Oz Amid Public Health Questions 
UN Chief Proposes New U.N. Force Options for Lebanon After UNIFIL Mandate Ends 
Former President Donald Trump was impeached twice for his role in the January 6 Capitol insurrection after inciting a mob of his supporters to derail Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory. New revelations have emerged since then, the latest coming from the rally organizer who said the Trump team agreed to encourage the attendees that day to go to the Capitol.
Rally organizer Scott Johnston, who worked with Kylie Jane Kremer of Women for America First, revealed to Rolling Stone that Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows was involved in the planning phone calls for January 6. Johnston revealed that the Trump team agreed to encourage the attendees on January 6 to march to the Capitol but not ask them directly.
However, the now-former president at the time directly told the crowd to march to the Capitol, even saying that he will lead them.
Johnston went on to say that all the former president’s claims in efforts to shirk off any responsibility are all false. Johnston added that he revealed all of this when he testified before the House Committee investigating the insurrection. Johnston apparently overheard Meadows and Trump campaign national spokesperson Katrina Pierson speaking with Kylie Kremer about the plans to march to the Capitol on January 6.
According to Johnston, everyone appeared to be aware that there was going to be a march. At one point, Meadows, Pierson, and Kremer talked about a permit to make the march to the Capitol official only to decide against it as it would increase security costs. Optics was also an apparent concern for Meadows, Pierson, and Kremer, especially of an outgoing president organizing a march to Congress as lawmakers certified his election defeat.
The congressional committee probing the insurrection is already weighing in “enhanced criminal penalties” for Trump’s involvement in the riots. Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who is the committee’s vice chair, said on MSNBC’s “Meet the Press” that based on the evidence that the committee has looked through, the former president “was intimately involved” with the planning and execution of the insurrection at the Capitol.
Cheney explained that the panel’s first priority is to make recommendations, considering the possibility of the need for enhanced criminal penalties for the “supreme dereliction of duty” of the former president.
