Capitol riot

President Joe Biden embraces Gladys Sicknick, the mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, as she accepts a Presidential Citizens Medal on behalf of her late son during a ceremony to mark the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The ceremony was in the East Room of the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden honors more than a dozen Americans for upholding democracy on Jan. 6
BY: - January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON — On the second anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden on Friday awarded citizen medals to 14 Americans who protected democracy and law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol. “Two years ago on Jan. 6 our democracy was attacked,” Biden said at the White House. “Our democracy held because […]

U.S. House Democrats gather on the East Steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2023, the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

Democrats praise U.S. Capitol police and pledge to seek accountability on Jan. 6 anniversary
BY: - January 6, 2023

Two years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undo Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election, Democrats in Congress on Friday vowed to remember the Capitol police officers who died, hold Trump accountable and prevent similar attacks in the future. Democrats applauded the work of the […]

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., with military veterans at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Sherrill spoke at a press conference on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol calling on the House Republican majority to denounce political violence. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

D.C. nears Jan. 6 anniversary with warnings about extremism, awards for courage
BY: - January 5, 2023

WASHINGTON – On the eve of the second anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, congressional Democrats and dozens of veterans on Thursday in a press conference called on incoming House Republican leaders to condemn political violence and hold their members who supported the attack accountable for their actions. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is scheduled on […]

A video of former President Donald Trump is played during a hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Oct. 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump fixation on Wisconsin, Ginni Thomas text regrets and more from the Jan. 6 panel
BY: - January 4, 2023

In the final weeks of 2022, the Democrat-led U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, attack on the Capitol disclosed thousands of pages of transcripts of interviews the panel’s members and staff conducted with key witnesses. The transcripts were central to a committee report released in December that held Donald Trump responsible for the 2021 […]

Thousands of rioters storm the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

U.S. House Jan. 6 panel refers Trump for criminal charges, including inciting insurrection
BY: - December 19, 2022

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in a historic vote agreed unanimously Monday to refer former President Donald Trump and others to the Justice Department for potential criminal charges, including inciting or aiding an insurrection. Trump associates, including attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro and White House Chief […]

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