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368,576,654,888

Total Engaged Minutes

THE DATA


 

3

POLITICO

‘We feel incredibly betrayed’: Thousands of Guardsmen forced to vacate Capitol

Lara Seligman, Natasha Bertrand, and Andrew Desiderio


 

5

POLITICO

Trump went ‘ballistic’ after being tossed off Twitter

Gabby Orr, Daniel Lippman, Tina Nguyen, and Sam Stein


6

CNN

Trump’s last-minute pardons include Bannon, Lil Wayne and scores of others

Pamela Brown, Kevin Liptak, and Kaitlan Collins


 

7

CNN

A timeline of 22-year-old Gabby Petito’s case

Christina Maxouris and CNN Staff


 

8


 

9

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pence Reached His Limit With Trump. It Wasn’t Pretty.

Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, and Annie Karni


 

12

CNN

Trump publicly acknowledges he won’t serve a second term a day after inciting mob

Kevin Liptak, Veronica Stracqualursi, and Allie Malloy


 

16


 

18


 

19

THE NEW YORK TIMES

77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election

Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Matthew Rosenberg and Michael S. Schmidt


 

20


 

21

CNN

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were involved in an incident in Wyoming restaurant in late August, witnesses say

Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amanda Watts, Randi Kaye, and Kari Pricher


 

22

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Who Is the Bad Art Friend?

Robert Kolker


 

23


 

29


 

31

THE WASHINGTON POST

Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control

Karoun Demirjian, Carol D. Leonnig, Paul Kane, and Aaron C. Davis


 

32

CBS NEWS

Alex Kearns died thinking he owed hundreds of thousands for stock market losses on Robinhood. His parents have sued over his suicide.

Tony Dokoupil, Michael Kaplan, Martin Finn, Cassidy McDonald, Jennie Kamin and Rob Kaplan


 

34


 

35

CNN

Dental records show remains found at Carlton Reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, FBI says

Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago, Randi Kaye, and Sara Weisfeldt


 

37

THE NEW YORK TIMES

The American Abyss

Timothy Snyder


 

38

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like

Donald G. McNeil Jr.


 

40

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Alec Baldwin Was Told Gun in Fatal Shooting on Set Was Safe, Officials Say

Simon Romero, Julia Jacobs and Glenn Thrush


 

41

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior

Emily Flitter and Matthew Goldstein


 

48

CNN

First on CNN: Trump’s impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial

Gloria Borger, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, and Ashley Semler


 

49

CNN

New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters

Jamie Gangel, Kevin Liptak, Michael Warren, and Marshall Cohen


 

50

NBC NEWS

4 dead, Congress evacuated, National Guard activated after pro-Trump rioters storm Capitol

Allan Smith, Ginger Gibson, Daniel Arkin and Dartunorro Clark


 

51


 

54

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Raiders Coach Resigns After Homophobic and Misogynistic Emails

Ken Belson and Katherine Rosman


 

57

CNN

Extremists intensify calls for violence ahead of Inauguration Day

Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein, and Bob Ortega


 

58

THE WASHINGTON POST

Here’s the new Democratic plan for $1,400 stimulus payments

Heather Long and Jeff Stein


 

61

CNN

Suspected human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie found in Florida park, FBI says

Eric Levenson, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago, and Randi Kaye


 

63

CNN

Here’s what we know about the Boulder, Colorado, mass shooting suspect

Ray Sanchez, Paul Murphy, Blake Ellis and Amir Vera


 

64

BBC

Snatched from a beach to train North Korea’s spies

Rebecca Seales and Hideharu Tamura


 

65


 

66

THE NEW YORK TIMES

A Vast Web of Vengeance

Kashmir Hill


 

67

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ted Cruz’s Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder

Shane Goldmacher and Nicholas Fandos


 

68

CNN

Autopsy confirms remains found in Wyoming are Gabby Petito’s, FBI says

Jason Hanna, Madeline Holcombe, and Steve Almasy


 

74

CNN

Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say

Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, Jamie Gangel, Pamela Brown, and Kaitlan Collins


 

80

CNN

Bitter, Trump skips chance to say splashy, high-profile farewell

Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, and Jeff Zeleny


 

85

CNN

Biden targets Trump’s legacy with first-day executive actions

Eric Bradner, Betsy Klein, and Christopher Hickey


 

86


 

88

THE WASHINGTON POST

Trump faces mounting demands to leave office or face impeachment for inciting Capitol mob attack

Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey, Mike DeBonis, and Tom Hamburger


 

89


 

91


 

93

CNN

10 people killed after gunman opens fire at Boulder, Colorado, grocery store

Steve Almasy, Paul P. Murphy, and Melissa Gray


 

96

THE WASHINGTON POST

The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail

Peter Jamison, Carol D. Leonnig, and Paul Schwartzman


 

98

THE NEW YORK TIMES 

‘A Total Failure’: The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump

Sheera Frenkel and Alan Feuer


 

100

BBC 

‘I’m not a monster’

Josh Baker


 

104

THE WASHINGTON POST

Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol

Jon Swaine, Dalton Bennett, Joyce Sohyun Lee, and Meg Kelly


 

105


 

108

THE NEW YORK TIMES 

Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently

Amanda Hess

THE DATA

33 million

Pieces of Content

 

368 billion

Minutes of Engaged Time

 

THE LIST

How we compiled the list to capture 2021 themes.

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