Politics Jan 06 WATCH: House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
Politics Jan 05 'A difficult year.' How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence More than 140 police officers were injured during the fighting on Jan. 6, which turned increasingly brutal as the hours wore on. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Jan 05 A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown Some 100 members of Congress, mostly Democrats, have mounted poster board-style replicas of the Jan. 6 plaque outside their office doors. By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
Nation Jan 02 Judge denies release of man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot A federal magistrate judge on Friday refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Politics Dec 19 Federal judge weighs Trump's claim of immunity from civil litigation over Capitol attack Attorneys for President Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Friday to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results… By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Dec 05 Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Jan. 6 attack appears in court By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
Oct 07 FBI analyzed phone records of senators as part of Trump Jan. 6 probe, lawmakers say By Eric Tucker, Stephen Groves, Associated Press The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records of more than a half dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released Monday by… Continue reading
Aug 29 Trump administration offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt By Associated Press Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby inside… Continue reading
May 02 Why Trump's pick for top prosecutor in DC isn't sailing through Senate approval By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Ed Martin Jr., a conservative activist with modest legal experience who has defended rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is testing Republican party loyalties as a deadline approaches for the Senate to decide whether to extend or… Continue reading
Apr 14 The growing list of political violence in the U.S. By John Seewer, Associated Press Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro angrily called for an end to rising political violence just hours after a man broke into the governor’s mansion and set it on fire. Continue reading