After that invasion, NATO bolstered its presence on Europe’s eastern flank by sending additional multinational battlegroups to Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia, and Bucharest has played an increasingly prominent role in the alliance,
and another suffered a heart attack after a rioterand repeatedly shocked him. One rioter was charged with climbing scaffolding and firing a gun in the air during the melee.
The rioters broke through windows and doors, ransacking the Capitol and briefly occupying the Senate chamber. Senators had evacuated minutes earlier. They also tried to break into the House chamber, breaking glass windows and beating on the doors. But police held them off with guns drawn.of the rioters had been sentenced, with roughly two-thirds of them receiving a term of imprisonment ranging from a few days to 22 years, before Trump on Tuesday pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the casescharged with crimes in the riot. Approximately one-quarter had been charged with assault or physical violence.
It is true, however, that hundreds of people who went into the Capitol but did not attack police or damage the building were charged only with misdemeanors.CLAIM: Trump said during his interview with Hannity that it “was a gross miscarriage of common sense” to let 21 million enter the U.S. illegally.
THE FACTS: That figure is highly inflated. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports
for illegal crossings from Mexico from January 2021 through December 2024.Many were able to scale the peak, but officials were still working to verify how many reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit. Climbers must report to the department with proof they reached the summit and
before they are issued the official certificate.Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the Everest summit
Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the famed mountain.ISTANBUL (AP) — People in Istanbul’s Ortakoy district enjoy a popular dish, stuffed baked potato known as “kumpir,” ahead of the International Day of Potato on Friday.