U.S. Capitol Briefly Locked Down Because Of Nearby Fire As Security Tight Ahead Of Inauguration
With concerns of an insider attack, background investigations are being conducted on nearly 20,000 National Guard soldiers working security.
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With concerns of an insider attack, background investigations are being conducted on nearly 20,000 National Guard soldiers working security.
Washington, D.C., turned into a fortress as the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration began, but President Trump remained out of sight in his final weekend in office.
The final vote was 232 to 197, with 10 Republicans joining all 222 Democrats in supporting a single article of impeachment charging the president with "incitement of insurrection."
The FBI is is warning about armed protests at all 50 state capitols, and they could start as early as this week.
Multiple Republicans familiar with the exchanges confirmed the details to CBS News.
Rudy Giuliani is facing possible expulsion from the New York State Bar Association over incendiary remarks he made to President Donald Trump's supporters last week.
A senior administration source confirmed to CBS News that President Trump and Vice President Pence spoke Monday in the Oval Office, their first meeting since the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Arrests are continuing following the Capitol riots last week. Now some off-duty police officers around the country and members of the military are being looked into for their attendance.
The website selling the propaganda has a New York City address and Sunday night thousands of people were calling for it to be shut down.
The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.
Amid calls for his ouster and rumblings of invoking the 25th Amendment over the assault on the U.S. Capitol, President Trump plans to resume some official duties this week, CBS News reported Sunday.
Sicknick was a New Jersey native, raised in South River. He joined the Capitol Police Department in July 2008. Prior to that, he was a staff sergeant with the New Jersey Air National Guard.
"While some are trying to intentionally twist my words to mean something antithetical to my beliefs, let me be clear: I'm passionately pro-Israel and I will always be a strong advocate and ally of the Jewish community," Miller said.
Capitol Police were no match for the wave upon wave of Trump supporters breaking into doors and windows, at times putting up with very little resistance from officers charged with guarding the building.
Psychologists say in every stressful, or even tragic, situation, we should look to the bright spots, the helpers, to give us hope.
They are part of the group "Refuse Fascism," which held rallies across the country Thursday.
They'll join the U.S. National Guard to help maintain security and ensure a peaceful transition of power ahead of the inauguration.
The Fordham Prep president hopes young people living through divisive times will learn to seek common ground.
The chaos at Capitol Hill will be a disturbing chapter in our American history books, but it's one children are trying to make sense of today.
Members of Congress on Thursday talked about what they experienced at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, including many members from the Tri-State Area.
Local officials are sounding off about the demonstration in Washington that resulted in protesters storming the U.S. Capitol Building.
Four people died during violent pro-Trump protests at the U.S. Capitol, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday night.
One thousand members of the New York National Guard will be sent to Washington for up to two weeks, the governor said in a statement.
Gov. Phil Murphy made the announcement on Twitter after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building.
Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed barricades and breached the U.S. Capitol shortly after Mr. Trump gave a speech once again falsely claiming to have won a second term.
