A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden.
A rare deep freeze brought snow and ice to normally temperate parts of the southern United States, forcing the electricity grid operator in Texas to impose rotating blackouts because of higher power demand. Forecasters predict more snow and ice late Tuesday and Wednesday along a storm front reaching from Texas to the Appalachian states.
Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, in a move that may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial as part of an intensifying crackdown by authorities who seized power in a coup.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged citizens on Tuesday to continue to respect a nighttime curfew intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus despite a court ruling that found it lacked legal foundation.
After a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, Bitcoin crossed the $50,000 US mark early Tuesday.
