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1 Killed, 3 Injured in DC Shooting at ‘Moechella' Event
15-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured, including a D.C. police officer, at a shooting in the Nation’s capitol on Sunday.
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Body Bags on National Mall Send Gun Violence Message to Lawmakers
Body bags covered the National Mall Thursday in a message to lawmakers about gun violence
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‘Justice For J6' Rally Held Outside Capitol Saturday
The rally was organized by a former Donald Trump staffer to show support for those who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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Police Say They're Ready for Rally Supporting Jan. 6 Rioters
The fence around the Capitol is back up. The D.C. police department is at the ready, and U.S. Capitol Police have requested assistance from nearby law enforcement agencies.
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Schumer: Senators Will ‘Get the Job Done' on Infrastructure
The Senate wrapped up a rare Saturday session without producing the text of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill
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Beware of Budget Gimmicks in Push for Massive Spending Deals
Senators negotiating two colossal bills that would deliver more than $4 trillion for infrastructure, health care, environment and other initiatives keep insisting both bills will be fully paid for
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Deadly Breach Could Delay Decisions About Capitol Fencing
The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter on Friday could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures after the Jan. 6 riot
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Capitol Insurrection: Pentagon Delayed Deployment of National Guard
The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard says military leaders at the Pentagon delayed deployment of his Guardsmen for three hours as Capitol Police begged for help when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
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National Guard Sleeping in the Capitol an Echo of Civil War
To most Americans, the sight of armed National Guard troops sleeping in the Capitol Rotunda this past week was shocking and disturbing
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‘I Would Have Done That For Free': DC Officer on Being Crushed Against Door During Capitol Riot
D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges’ bravery has gone viral with a video of him being crushed against a door during the U.S. Capitol riot. Hodges recalls how he was able to make it out alive.
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Yesterday Was the Most Extreme, but US Capitol Has Been Attacked Before
In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had never seen anything like it did Wednesday: a roving mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power, desecrating the seat of the world’s greatest democracy.
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Chef José Andrés Gives 120 Pizzas to Law Enforcement After US Capitol Turmoil
“I’m here in Bethesda, picking up 120 pizzas to bring to downtown DC to the heroic women & men keeping our city safe tonight,” Chef José Andrés tweeted.
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Celtics, Heat Walk Off Court Before Game, Citing DC Riot, Jacob Blake Decision
The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat walked off the court before their scheduled game in Miami. In a statement, the teams attributed the decision to a Wisconsin prosecutor’s choice not to charge the officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, as well as the riot at the U.S. Capitol that broke out Wednesday in Washington. “2021 is a new...
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Protesters Gather Outside State Capitols Nationwide as Chaos Sweeps Congress
Capitol buildings in multiple states were shut down or security around them was bolstered Wednesday in response to local protests and the chaos around Capitol Hill in Washington, NBC News reports. Precautionary measures were taken in Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. Meanwhile, rioters invaded Congress, roaming Senate halls and occupying lawmakers’…
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Rep. Welch: We're Being Instructed to Wear Gas Masks
As protesters decrying the results of the presidential election broke into the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said members of Congress had been instructed to wear gas masks after tear gas was deployed in the rotunda.
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California Senate Delays Work as Coronavirus Cases Soar
The California Senate will delay its work because of a coronavirus outbreak at the Capitol and an increasing number of new cases across the state.
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California Lawmakers Set to Return as Coronavirus Lingers
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol on Monday, restarting a legislative session interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, even as a handful of lawmakers plan to stay home for fear of contracting or spreading the disease. But it won’t be business as usual for California’s full-time Legislature after lawmakers agreed to their first sustained...