Nancy Mace said: ‘The time has come to unite behind our nominee.’ Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesNancy Mace said: ‘The time has come to unite behind our nominee.’ Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesRepublicansRepublican who said she held Trump accountable for January 6 endorses himCongresswoman Nancy Mace announces support of ex-president despite saying ‘we’ve got to start over’ after Capitol attack in 2021 The Republican South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace faced widespread accusations of hypocrisy after she endorsed Donald Trump – the presidential candidate she previously said she held “accountable” for the January 6 attack on Congress.

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The LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride will represent Delaware’s first senate district Photograph: Paul Sancya/APThe LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride will represent Delaware’s first senate district Photograph: Paul Sancya/APUS elections 2020 This article is more than 3 years oldUS elects first trans state senator and first black gay congressmanThis article is more than 3 years oldPolarised country also elects first lawmaker to openly support QAnon conspiracy theory US election live – follow all the latest updates Trump v Biden – full results so far A deeply polarised US electorate has given the country its first transgender state senator and its first black gay congressman – but also its first lawmaker to have openly supported the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.

MusicNew data released by SoundCloud suggests last year was dominated by the obscure offshoot of hip-hop. But does it explain the success of Desiigner’s Panda? Miami heat: has the southern rap giant lost its hip-hop spark?Read moreRemember 2016? Almost nobody does. It was a long time ago now and, in any case, what were we all so vexed about? Anyway, unlike many needless recaps of this distant epoch, SoundCloud’s late-to-the-breakdown analysis of its stats last year offers some insight into the shape of music’s future.