US CAPITOL

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin determined it would hurt troop readiness.

The $52 billion semiconductor package is designed to boost chip manufacturing in the U.S. and compete with China, but progress will take years.

Texas and Arizona have transported thousands of migrants north in protest over the Biden border policy.

Alan Byerly's lawyers and prosecutors agreed to a sentencing range after he pleaded guilty to two charges related to the deadly insurrection.

Read the full transcript from the July 21 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

Dawn Bancroft filmed a video of herself exiting the Capitol on January 6 saying she 'broke into the Capitol" with a friend and "did our part."

Ahead of Thursday night's hearing, Rep. Adam Kinzinger released a video of former White House officials describing Trump watching TV during the siege.

Aides pushed Trump to make an address to the nation in the wake of Jan. 6 condemning the riot, but when the cameras rolled he veered off script.

Former President Donald Trump was accused of witness tampering during the latest Jan. 6 committee hearing.

Ivanka Trump told the committee that she did not attend the rally to calm her father down after he'd had a call with then-Vice President Mike Pence.

The House select committee showed evidence indicating that Trump planned an escalation his attorneys warned against.

White House lawyer Pat Cipollone said Mike Pence was "courageous" and should've been given the Medal of Freedom for certifying election results.

The January 6 House panel has said that at least nine people close to Trump requested preemptive pardons following the Capitol attack.

The jailing of Ghislaine Maxwell and plans for a new Scottish independence vote lead the papers.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego says a former aide's testimony shows how Trump put US Capitol Police officers in the path of an armed mob.

The Jan. 6 panel's GOP vice-chair shared two messages that witnesses said they received ahead of depositions encouraging them to stay loyal to Trump.

Trump White House aides told January 6 committee investigators about Republican lawmakers who asked to be pardoned after the Capitol riot.

Sen. Ron Johnson held his phone to his ear while leaving the U.S. Capitol, but reporters noticed he was not really on a call.

Congressional investigators release video of a Republican with a man who later threatened Democrats.

"I mean, these are folks who have never been to Washington, DC," he said. "And they were here to visit their congressman. And they were excited."

"I mean, these are folks who have never been to Washington, DC," he said. "And they were here to visit their congressman. And they were excited."

Video evidence shows tourists taking photos of security checkpoints and contradicts Barry Loudermilk’s previous denial he led a tour

A Capitol police officer hailed for luring rioters away from lawmakers January 6 said the Capitol attack was like something out of "medieval times."

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty“The world is watching what we do here,” said Rep. Benny Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol. “America has long been expected to be a shining city on a hill. A beacon of hope and freedom. A model for others—when we’re at our best,” he added. Judging from global press’ reaction to the Jan 6. Committee’s first public hearings, he is right. The planet is paying attention. And t

More than 850 people have been criminally charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. Most are accused of conventional offenses such as trespassing and assault, while 16 members of two right-wing groups are facing a more exotic charge: seditious conspiracy. Just before he left office, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted of the charge by the Senate. The

More than 850 people have been criminally charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. Most are accused of conventional offenses such as trespassing and assault, while 16 members of two right-wing groups are facing a more exotic charge: seditious conspiracy. Just before he left office, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted of the charge by the Senate. The

The country needs a sober accounting of the evidence, not a spectacle.

Miles Taylor, an outspoken former Department of Homeland Security official, said Trump viewed the Insurrection Act as a "magic power."

"It is also fair to say that without the failure to act by Senators like you, these shootings may never have happened," Fred Guttenberg added.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will reportedly hear just two weeks of public testimony, in June. That’s way too little to make an indelible impression.

Sinema feuded with Biden when he told other Dems about her demands to cap social spending at $1.1 trillion. "Do you want me to leave?" she asked.

In court on Wednesday, an attorney for Bruce Wayne Ivey told the judge that his client was prone to "conspiratorial thinking," according to WUSA

"He is literally killing innocent civilians, girls and boys, men and women, and grandparents in order to try to bludgeon them into submission," Sen. Rob Portman said of Putin's attacks on Ukraine. "If that's not escalatory, I don't know what is."

The Sunshine Protection Act, if passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law, would end the ritual of changing clocks twice a year.

Trump isn't interested in the truth, but needs a way to explain how he didn't win, Trump's former Attorney General told NBC News.

Capitol rioters were "like spiders" climbing the building on January 6, 2021, a former member of the far-right Three Percenters said in court Friday.

Republicans such as Marjorie Taylor Greene are blaming Russia's invasion on Biden's "weakness," while also opposing a war the US does not intend to fight.

"These are people who are literally just running over the law," the former house speaker said. "It's basically a lynch mob."

"These are people who are literally just running over the law," the former house speaker said. "It's basically a lynch mob."

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A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week.

Advisors feared that Trump's now-canceled January 6 press conference would result in a wave of bad publicity, The Washington Post reported.

Some officers also told The New York Times that they weren't sure if their colleagues would risk their lives to defend the building again.

Prosecution of fellow House members would likely deepen partisan divides

"He swore an oath to the country, not to Donald Trump," said Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell in an interview with NPR.

The lieutenant says she didn't go inside the Capitol on January 6 and that she wasn't part of the siege, but praised the day on social media.

Ali Alexander, who helped organize the "Stop the Steal" rally, told InfoWars: "Folks, Trump will be subpoenaed by this committee."

The committee wants information from the incoming House Freedom Caucus leader about his efforts to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general.

Ronald Sandlin, who remains in a DC jail after being denied pretrial release, told KLAS-TV that he considers himself a political prisoner.

Ronald Sandlin, who remains in a DC jail after being denied pretrial release, told KLAS-TV that he considers himself a political prisoner.

(Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)Jokesters quickly got to work on a hilarious new gag gift inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders made waves on social media Wednesday as he became the new target for several memes online after trending for his Inauguration Day appearance. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum announced hours after the inauguration that a Bernie-inspired bobblehead would be included in its political lineup celebrating the new presidency. According to the store website, the bobblehead commemorating the Vermont senator’s viral Inauguration Day meme is high quality and produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and will be individually numbered. The last-minute addition of Sanders is currently available online for pre-order and expected to ship in May.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. “It has been an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country led by this president, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy,” Pelosi said. Pelosi says, “The complicity, not only the complicity, the instigation of the president of United States, must and will be addressed.”___1:25 p.m. Flight attendants have expressed concern that their flights could be carrying supporters of President Donald Trump who took part in Wednesday’s violent protest and siege of the U.S. Capitol. ___2:25 a.m.Democrats in Congress are laying the groundwork to impeach President Donald Trump.

It did not reflect us, for sure, and it didn’t reflect all the people that we saw there,” said Don Al Middlebrook. “We were there to support America,” said Don Al Middlebrook. “We did not come to be a part of any violence or riots or anything like that,” said Karen Middlebrook. It wasn’t until Don and Karen got back to their hotel room, they saw the chaos and violence inside the US Capitol. That’s what we have to do,” said Don Al Middlebrook.

“What’s taking place here right now is un-American,” Nehls said as the Capitol was being occupied by protesters. “This is a sacred house.”As house members were evacuated to safety, Nehls stayed behind. Through a broken window, Nehls said he tried to negotiate with the protesters, hoping to convince them to stand down. ‘Something close to sedition’: Green talks about Capitol being stormedU.S. Rep Al Green (D-Dist. He said that while he believes in peaceful protests, the chaos that engulfed the Capitol was indicative of an uprising against the government.

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) January 6, 2021I like many people voted for President Trump in the 2020 election and hoped for a different result. We are safe, thank GOD for the Capitol Police. My staff and I are safe and we thank the Capitol Police for their efforts to protect us. — Rep. Colin Allred (@RepColinAllred) January 6, 2021President Trump’s assault on our democracy has caused the violence that is happening outside the US Capitol right now. My staff and I are safe and we thank the Capitol Police for protecting us.

Authorities said four people died during the violence, including one woman who was shot by an officer outside the House chamber. Trump only reluctantly issued the tweets and taped a video encouraging an end to the violence. Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania Trump's chief of staff and a former White House press secretary, submitted her resignation. Deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger, White House social secretary Rickie Niceta and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews also resigned, according to officials. At one point, he even suggested he might join them — a prospect that was discussed by the White House but eventually abandoned.

Pence acknowledged that reality in a lengthy statement Wednesday laying out his conclusion that a vice president cannot claim “unilateral authority” to reject states' electoral votes. Pence's move was an expected outcome, but one that carved a dramatic fissure between Trump and Pence, his once most loyal lieutenant. “If Mike Pence does the right thing we win the election,” Trump wrongly told supporters, who later marched through Washington and stormed the Capitol. He repeatedly returned to Pence throughout his speech, voicing frustration as he tried to pressure the vice president to fall in line. Neither Trump nor any of the lawmakers who objected to the count have presented credible evidence that would change the outcome.