Eli Stokols is a White House reporter based in the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau. He is a veteran of Politico and the Wall Street Journal, where he covered the 2016 presidential campaign and then the Trump White House. A native of Irvine, Stokols grew up in a Times household and is thrilled to report for what is still his family’s hometown paper. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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With President Trump isolated in the White House since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Vice President Mike Pence increasingly fills the void in their waning days in office.
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Twitter “permanently suspended” President Trump’s account Friday afternoon, two days after his rhetoric and social media posts were blamed for sparking a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead.
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President-elect Joe Biden is noncommittal about whether House Democrats should impeach Trump but applauds the “unfit” president’s decision to skip the inauguration.
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Trump’s anger and frustration in the final weeks of his term are hastening the erosion of his power and the ability to command the fealty he craves.
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After months of election-fraud lies and years of bellicose rhetoric, Trump gets blame from both parties for his supporters’ violent bid to subvert the election result.
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President Trump supporters clash with law enforcement outside the Capitol after Trump tells them, ‘We will never give up.’
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President Trump falsely says Vice President Mike Pence could reverse the election result when he presides in Congress on Wednesday, setting Pence up for Trump’s wrath.
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Rallies in Georgia by President Trump and President-elect Biden reflected the national stakes of two elections Tuesday to decide which party controls the Senate.
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Eleven Senate Republicans said Saturday they plan to challenge Congress’ certification of electoral college results in a last attempt to deny Joe Biden’s victory and show their loyalty to President Trump.