Evening Edition: Capitol attack stoked by false claims of vote fraud, promises of violent restoration

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     The glass windows of a door near the Rotunda on the east side of the U.S. Capitol were broken when a pro-Trump mob stormed the building on Jan. 6. (Oliver Contreras for The Washington Post) Capitol attack stoked by false claims of vote fraud, promises of violent restoration The sacking of the Capitol was enabled by a host of factors including catastrophic security failures. But the temporary seizure of a global seat of power was, at its core, an outgrowth of delusional and destructive forces cultivated online and unleashed by President Trump. By Greg Miller, Greg Jaffe and Razzan Nakhlawi ●  Read more »   Trump pressured Ga. elections investigator in a separate call that experts say could amount to obstruction  By Amy Gardner ●  Read more »   Military quick-reaction force not deployed because of a lack of planning, defense officials say By Dan Lamothe ●  Read more »   Twitter warns of new plans for violence, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban By Craig Timberg and Drew Harwell ●  Read more »   Biden still planning to be sworn in on the steps of U.S. Capitol two weeks after mob attack By Emily Davies and Matt Viser ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   For Trump, the end is coming swiftly and with stinging rebukes The Take | Analysis ●  By Dan Balz ●  Read more »   How Ashli Babbitt, fatally shot at Capitol, came to embrace Trump and QAnon  By Peter Jamison, Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox and Alex Horton ●  Read more »   Police arrest QAnon supporter in horn costume, man accused of stealing Pelosi's lectern By Rachel Weiner and Spencer S. Hsu ●  Read more »   Rioters breached the Capitol as they waved pro-police flags. Police support on the right may be eroding, experts warn. By Marissa J. Lang and Peter Jamison ●  Read more »   The Capitol mob desecrated a historical workplace — and left behind some disturbing artifacts By Maura Judkis and Ellen McCarthy ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   With Democrats poised to take over Washington, Supreme Court's Breyer faces renewed calls to retire By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   Betsy DeVos leaves a controversial legacy that could soon be reversed By Laura Meckler and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel ●  Read more »   Journalists were attacked, threatened and detained during the Capitol siege By Brittany Shammas ●  Read more »   As Biden vows to hurry vaccines, a U.K. experiment could be a test case By William Booth ●  Read more »   Tales from the jab: How people in 6 countries got their vaccines By Washington Post staff ●  Read more »   Indonesian plane with 62 aboard is missing; rescue workers recover possible debris By Miriam Berger ●  Read more »   Mortality rate for Black babies plummets when they're delivered by Black doctors, researchers say By Tonya Russell ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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