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Man accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol attack is charged with explosives offenses

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI on Thursday arrested a man accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack, an abrupt breakthrough in an investigation that for years flummoxed law enforcement and spawned conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021. The arrest marks the first time investigators have publicly identified a suspect in an act that has been an enduring mystery for nearly five years in the […]

todayDecember 4, 2025

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Kamala Harris calls Texas Rep. Nicole Collier during Capitol confinement: ‘We are all there with you’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris personally reached out to Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier as she continued to be confined inside the state Capitol after refusing a demand from the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives to sign a permission slip that would require 24-hour supervision by law enforcement. “You really are inspiring so many people. And I just want you to know that you are among those who history will reveal to have been heroes of this moment,” […]

todayAugust 20, 2025

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier sues over ‘illegal confinement’ by Republicans inside state capitol

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is fighting back in court after not being allowed to leave the state Capitol because she refused to sign a “permission slip” that would have required her to be under 24-hour supervision by a law enforcement officer. Collier on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state House of Representatives after House Speaker Dustin Burrows required Democrats to sign a waiver that would compel them to be under the supervision of the state Department of Public […]

todayAugust 19, 2025

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Trump budget bill is ‘largest transfer of wealth’ since slavery, says Rev. William Barber after US Capitol arrest

Longtime activist Dr. Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, was arrested for a second time in the last two months at the U.S. Capitol as he and hundreds protested in Washington, D.C., against controversial budget legislation backed by President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. “This is a big, ugly, deadly, destructive bill,” Barber told theGrio a couple of hours after being released from police custody on Monday. Barber, who was praying at the time of his […]

todayJune 3, 2025

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US Rep. Summer Lee introduces ‘Reparations NOW Resolution’ on Capitol Hill

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved Africans. The “Reparations NOW Resolution” was reintroduced on Thursday by Rep. Lee, marked by a press conference alongside progressive members of Congress and racial justice advocates and organizers. The resolution, first introduced by former U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush in 2023, calls on the U.S. government to recognize its “moral and […]

todayMay 16, 2025

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Black women descend on Capitol Hill to ‘Save Democracy’ from Trump’s MAGA agenda

A coalition of Black women leaders and activists descended on Capitol Hill to rally against the Trump administration and the Republican Party’s string of actions that include budget cuts, elimination of critical departments and programs, and the firing of thousands of federal workers. The group of Black women leaders from across the country — joined by newly elected Black women U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks — rallied outside the Capitol building Thursday morning before meeting with members […]

todayMarch 13, 2025

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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested near Capitol on assault charge after press conference

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol on a charge that he assaulted a woman protesting a gathering attended by Tarrio and others who received presidential pardons for crimes stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the nation’s capital. Capitol police said officers saw Tarrio strike the protester’s cellphone and arm after the woman placed the phone close to his face as they walked near the Capitol. Tarrio had just left a news conference that had ended “without […]

todayFebruary 22, 2025

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Trump issues pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Donald Trump issued pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of his first acts after being sworn in as the country’s 47th president on Monday. The pardons fulfilled Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago. “These are the hostages,” he said while signing the paperwork in the Oval Office. Trump said he hopes many are released shortly. His desk was covered with executive orders […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Donald Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years. Jan. 6 trials, guilty pleas and sentencings have continued chugging along in Washington’s federal court despite Trump’s promise to pardon rioters, whom he has called “political prisoners” and “hostages” […]

todayJanuary 6, 2025