Tag Archives: US Capitol

WASHINGTON: The US Capitol Police are struggling. One officer was killed and another injured when a driver slammed into them at a barricade Friday afternoon. The attack comes after officers were overrun and injured when a violent mob of Trump supporters overran the Capitol on January 6, breaking through insufficient …

Streets surrounding the US Capitol and congressional office buildings were locked down, with a heavy police presence, on Friday, an eyewitness said, while Capitol police said that a motorist had tried to run down two officers, and was subsequently shot dead. US Capitol Police said that one of the police …

WASHINGTON: Police locked down the US Capitol on Friday afternoon after a report of gunshots in the area. US Capitol Police say all Capitol buildings were being locked down “due to an external security threat” and staff members were told they could not enter or exit the buildings. A law …

WASHINGTON: Security has been tightened around the US Capitol in Washington – scene of a deadly assault in January – after police warned that a militia group might try to attack it on Thursday, an important day in the calendar for some pro-Trump conspiracy theorists. March 4 is the day …

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee pledged Saturday to depoliticize the Justice Department and to vigorously prosecute the Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol. In testimony prepared for his confirmation hearing on Monday and Tuesday, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland indicated he wants to remove …

Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters storming the US Capitol on January 6. Jackson, awaiting trial in federal court on assault charges, is now adopting …

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security declared a nationwide terrorism alert Wednesday, citing the potential threat from domestic anti-government extremists after Joe Biden was sworn in as president. “Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well …

WASHINGTON: From the launch of his campaign in 2015 to his defeat to Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s time in the White House was a chaotic roller coaster ride as he shattered norms, shunned allies, bullied anyone who opposed him and governed with laser focus on how his policies would play …

WASHINGTON: The FBI and the Pentagon are vetting nearly 25,000 troops tasked with securing the Biden-Harris inauguration on Wednesday amid apprehensions about an inside hit of the kind that killed Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her own bodyguards in 1984. Fears that those entrusted with guarding the American leadership …

WASHINGTON: As the Senate majority leader on Sept. 11, 2001, Tom Daschle was among those hurriedly evacuated in the chaos of an expected attack on the Capitol, only to return later that evening for a bipartisan show of unity and resolve on the marble steps many had used to flee …