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President Donald Trump's acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf publicly pleaded with the president to condemn the violence after his supporters rampaged the Capitol Wednesday.   'What transpired yesterday was tragic and sickening,' Wolf wrote in a statement Thursday.  He said he would remain in his post 'to ensure the Department's focus remains on the serious threats facing our country and an orderly transition to President-elect Biden's DHS team.' Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf publicly pleaded with President Donald Trump to condemn yesterday's violent siege of Capitol Hill by the president's supporters  Wolf implored the president and other elected officials to 'strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday' in a statement that he tweeted  Trump held a rally on the ellipse where he encouraged supporters to march on Capitol Hill, misleading them into believing Congress could overturn the presidential

Shopify has removed online stores affiliated with President Donald Trump from its e-commerce platform after hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The Canadian company said on Thursday the recent events determined that Trump's actions violated its policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause.  Trump, who has refused to concede his loss to Democrat President-elect Joe Biden, urged his supporters to come to Washington for a 'wild' rally on Wednesday and whipped the crowd into a frenzy while exhorting them to march on Congress. Attempts to access TrumpStore.com and shop.donaldjtrump.com, which sold 'Make America Great Again' hats and similar items, were unsuccessful on Thursday, as the websites displayed error messages. Shopify has removed online stores affiliated with President Donald Trump from its e-commerce platform after hundreds of his supporters stormed the

A jealous lover killed his fiancee on the night he proposed to her because she called him by her former partner's pet name, a court heard today. Mark Brandford crushed the skull of girlfriend Kayleigh Dunning in a 'brutal and ferocious' attack, a jury was told. In the lead up to her her death, a court heard he had been to a registry office with plans to marry Kayleigh, something she knew nothing about. Images posted to Brandford's Instagram from the evening show Kayleigh posing next to novelty balloons which said 'Will you marry me?' on them, a jury heard.  The alleged attack on the 32-year-old cleaner took place at Brandford's home in Portsmouth, Hants, in December 2019. Prosecutors say Kayleigh Dunning was violently beaten to death by her jealous lover Mark Brandford after she called him a former partner's pet name on the night he proposed Kayleigh was found naked at Brandford's home with numerous blows to her head and neck which had crushed her s

Boris Johnson has told Covid deniers to 'grow up' and NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens slammed their 'lies' about hospitals being empty – saying the 'nonsense' could kill people and 'nothing is more demoralising' to medics. Speaking together at a Downing Street press conference, the PM and Sir Simon Stevens said downplaying the seriousness of Covid was an 'insult' to frontline workers. Mr Johnson said: 'The kind of people who stand outside of hospitals and say 'Covid is a hoax' and this kind of stuff, I do think they need to grow up. 'You heard eloquently from the head of NHS England the pressure the NHS is under, and we've all got to do our bit responsibly to protect it. 'For the vast majority of the country, that means making sure we stay at home and protect the NHS. For people who are getting invited to get a vaccine; go and get the jab.' Asked what he would say to people who do not believe Covid is real or think warnings

A 'pre-cursor' to the highly infectious mutant Covid strain which has devastated the UK, escaped Victoria's hotel quarantine system back in June, according to a leading Australian scientist. But Professor Damian Purcell, head of the molecular virology laboratory at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, said the public were not told about it because it might have 'spooked' people. Genomic testing suggests 37 people in the coronavirus-hit state were infected with the strain before Victoria's lengthy second lockdown helped to bring the variant under control. A 'pre-cursor' to the highly infectious mutant Covid strain which has devastated the UK, escaped Victoria's hotel quarantine system back in June Professor Damian Purcell, head of the molecular virology laboratory at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, said the public were not told about it because it might have 'spooked' people The world ha