May 20 House narrowly approves $1.9 billion to fortify Capitol after riot By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Democrats pushed past opposition from Republicans to provide emergency funding to harden the complex with retractable fencing, a quick-response force and police training. Continue reading
May 19 House votes to create panel to probe Jan. 6 insurrection By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Democrats say the commission is crucial to reckoning what happened that day, when a violent mob of Trump's supporters broke into the Capitol to try and overturn President Joe Biden's victory. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: New York state conducting criminal probe of Trump Organization In our news wrap Wednesday, the New York state attorney general's office opened a criminal probe into former President Trump's business. House Democrats moved to create an independent commission to investigate the Capitol assault on January 6. More pandemic restrictions… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:34 How the shadow of the Jan. 6 riot still looms large over Congress By Lisa Desjardins The U.S. House on Wednesday moved to form a commission to examine the January 6 attack on the Capitol. The violent pro-Trump riot resulted in widespread injury, deaths, and damage to the building itself. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins was in… Continue watching
May 19 WATCH: House holds hearing on reforming Capitol Police By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Democrats say a bipartisan commission investigating the attack, including what led to it, is more important than ever after some Republicans have recently started to downplay the severity of the insurrection. Continue reading
May 19 House poised to vote on commission to probe Jan. 6 Capitol riot By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is poised to vote on a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a first step toward creating an independent, bipartisan panel that would investigate the siege and try to… Continue reading
May 18 GOP Leader McCarthy opposes Jan. 6 commission ahead of vote By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he won’t support a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
May 18 WATCH: Former DHS officials testify on intelligence division’s role in Capitol attack By News Desk Former Department of Homeland Security officials testified Tuesday on the role of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis in the period leading to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 3:55 News Wrap: House GOP votes Elise Stefanik into leadership post stripped from Liz Cheney In our news wrap Friday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Elise Stefanik of New York to their No. 3 leadership post, replacing Wyoming's Liz Cheney after her criticism of former President Trump. House negotiators have struck a… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 5:38 News Wrap: Panic buying adds to gas woes in the Southeast as pipeline restarts operations In our news wrap Wednesday, panic buying of gasoline intensified across the southeastern U.S. as the colonial pipeline resumed operations. Inflation fears washed over Wall Street and the financial markets. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has fallen to an… Continue watching