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Capitol Attack 2021

The January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, which prompted discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment.

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Jan 17, 2026
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Has Donald Trump faced legal charges for inciting the Capitol riot?

Donald Trump was impeached by the House for "incitement of insurrection" after January 6, 2021, but he has not been criminally charged with the specific federal crime of incitement or insurrection; th...

Jan 18, 2026
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25th Amendment

The Twenty‑Fifth Amendment codifies presidential succession, fills vice‑presidential vacancies, and creates procedures to handle presidential incapacity; it was proposed by Congress in 1965 and ratifi...

Jan 22, 2026

is ICE hiring pardoned J6 recruits?

There is intense and media scrutiny but no publicly released, verifiable roster showing that has hired individuals pardoned for participation in the ; lawmakers have demanded documents to determine wh...

Jan 20, 2026

25th admentmont

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment codifies how the United States fills presidential and vice‑presidential vacancies and how presidential inability is managed, providing four sections that collectively govern...

Jan 20, 2026

How have past informal discussions among Cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment been documented and what prevented action?

Informal Cabinet conversations about invoking Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment have been documented primarily through contemporaneous news reporting, retrospective legal scholarship and archiva...

Jan 19, 2026

Did the US activate article 25

No — the United States has not “activated Article 25” (the 25th Amendment’s incapacity provision, Section 4); Section 4 has never been used to remove a sitting president, while the Amendment’s Section...

Jan 19, 2026

Was the 25 amendment evoked

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has procedures for a president’s temporary transfer of power and for removal for inability, and its emergency removal provision (Section 4) has never been successfully used;...

Jan 18, 2026

How do religious leaders and scholars assess the civic implications of Christian nationalism in the United States?

Religious leaders and scholars assess Christian nationalism in the United States as a consequential, contested phenomenon: many academics argue it poses real threats to pluralistic democratic norms an...