The six costliest disasters of 2020 occurred in the U.S., topped by Hurricane Laura's devastation, which caused $13 billion in damage after hitting Louisiana.
Joe Biden blasted the "chaos" at the Capitol, which began after President Trump urged supporters to protest confirmation of the Democrat's victory by Congress.
"For two months now, a political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth," wrote Obama.
Several GOP lawmakers who have stoked President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud spoke out on Wednesday as rioters stormed the Capitol.
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