US Capitol Riot

A federal magistrate has ordered the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group to remain behind bars until he goes on trial for sedition.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor’s demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot is asking former White House adviser Ivanka Trump, the daughter of ex-President Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation

The House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol issued a pair of subpoenas Wednesday to far-right activists, saying they encouraged Donald Trump supporters to come to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to challenge the outcome of the 2020 election. Nick Fuentes and Patrick Casey, leaders of the “America First” or “Groyper” movement, urged others to come to the Capitol on the...

James Grant allegedly tried to flee an arrest for suspected drunk driving last month and police discovered an AR-15 rifle in his car, along with more than 60 rounds of ammunition.

A New London man who was charged in connection with the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not guilty. Court documents released after Jeremy Baouche was charged said he lives in New London, Connecticut and works for General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is a Department of Defense contractor. Baouche has secret security…

A federal lawsuit filed last month seeking monetary damages from two far-right groups linked to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was designed with an ambitious goal in mind: to impinge on their financial earnings.

The meeting came as the committee ramps up its probe, issuing more subpoenas and requesting several GOP lawmakers voluntarily testify.

Federal authorities say a South Dakota man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed rap songs about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel

Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is demanding records and testimony from a former White House aide they say helped draft former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, along with two others it says were in communication with people close to Trump

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, has rejected a request for an interview by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

The head of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot indicated Friday that the panel will ask former Vice President Mike Pence this month to voluntarily meet with lawmakers. “I think you could expect that before the month’s out,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told NPR in an interview. “Our committee really needs to hear what are his opinions about what happened on...

The attack on the U.S. Capitol brought protecting democracy to the forefront of conversation, and that was still a theme one year later, as President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday. “One year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked,” President Biden said. In one of the more forceful speeches of his presidency, President Biden said the...

As the vice president said in a speech Thursday memorializing the attack, she was in a classified briefing room at the Capitol the morning of Jan. 6.

Some Republican lawmakers are shifting blame about the Capitol riot. Here’s what they said one year ago when a mob stormed the building in Washington, D.C.

The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald Trump in a speech shortly before a mob stormed the building, temporarily halting the counting of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress.  On that day — and afterward — we debunked false,…

Many of the Jan. 6 rioters facing jail time have admitted they weren’t peaceful protesters and that they were wrong to participate in the U.S. Capitol attack