House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) again said that that a commission needs to be formed to investigate the Jan .6 Capitol incident. “Today is the 100th day since the January 6th insurrection and assault on the Capitol and our Democracy,” Pelosi wrote in her letter on April 16. She added: “On this 100th day, we are …
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The House of Representatives will vote on whether to make Washington, D.C. a state on Tuesday, April 20, according to the House Committee on Rules. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) previously said that the House would attempt to vote on the bill during the week of April 19, which is next week. It came …
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The head of the Washington police force said that Friday’s deadly attack on Capitol Police officers outside Capitol Hill does not appear to be terrorism-related. Earlier Friday, a car crashed into the Capitol barrier on Constitution Ave. before a suspect emerged from the car and lunged at the officers with a knife, prompting the officers …
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday ignored a shouted question about the crisis at the southern border as he visited a small business in Washington. Biden visited W.S. Jenks & Son, a hardware store that received a Paycheck Protection Program loan during a window that was open in February thanks to the president. Biden entered the main …
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U.S. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the head of the National Guard Bureau, stated that about 13,000 guard members remain in Washington, D.C., as of Monday. “As I speak, there are approximately 13,000 national guard men and women in the District of Columbia primarily conducting security missions in support of our district and federal partners,” he …
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The U.S. Army confirmed that as many as 25,000 National Guard members will be stationed in Washington D.C. for Inauguration Day next week. The Defense Department authorized up to 25,000 service members to be deployed, which is an increase of 5,000 from numbers earlier this week. A statement from the Army to news outlets on …
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John Sullivan, videographer and founder of “a group for racial justice and police reform,” posted a video on YouTube on Jan. 7 that shows him entering the Capitol building in Washington with a group of Trump supporters and possibly others on the previous day. He’s heard on video encouraging others and convincing Capitol police to …
Police in Washington D.C. confirmed late on Wednesday that explosives were located near the U.S. Capitol in the midst of protests and as people stormed the complex. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department said it recovered a pipe bomb from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and another one from the Republican National Committee (RNC), said Chief Robert Contee in …
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