RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Island insights that go beyond the tram.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Trump Coup

Twitter, Facebook suspend Trump from posting; Twitter threatens permanent ban

By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 6th, 2021 (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump saw his Facebook and Twitter account suspended Wednesday evening after the nation’s two dominant social media platforms accused him of inciting violence through his posts. Twitter…

Objection to Arizona’s Electoral College result fails in U.S. Senate, House

By Ted O’Neil | The Center Square/Jan 6, 2021 (The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate voted 93-6 on Wednesday night against an objection to Arizona’s Electoral College vote. After a delay of several hours because protesters from a pro-Trump rally stormed…

Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published in ProPublica by Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane/ProPublica The invasion of the…