The crowd was sparse and incidents were few.
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Man accused of bringing Molotov cocktails, loaded firearms to Jan. 6 riot will plead guilty
Lonnie Leroy Coffman approached Sen. Ted Cruz’s Washington home and office to discuss ‘election fraud’ and previously joined an armed-citizen camp at the Texas border.
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Republican group held ‘war games’ for state attorneys general before Trump loss
An offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Association held a special meeting weeks before the election to discuss its strategies if then-President Donald Trump lost.
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Liz Cheney appointed vice chair of committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Cheney’s position will boost Democrats’ arguments the probe is bipartisan even as many Republicans oppose it.
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Leonard Pitts: We can’t be caught unprepared for the threat from the radical right
A failure of imagination – the inability to conceive – made the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks possible. That is a mistake we cannot afford to repeat.
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Capitol police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection
The suit names the former president, the Trump campaign, Trump ally Roger Stone and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were present at the Capitol and in Washington on Jan. 6.
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Panel investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot seeks records of Trump White House, agencies
The House panel is demanding a sweeping list of records and other information from eight executive branch agencies, including communications involving the White House and associates of former President Donald Trump.
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Leonard Pitts: Willful ignorance is going to be the death of us
The response to this week’s U.N. report on climate changes shows that the need for media literacy and critical thinking has never been more urgent.
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Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying only $1.5 million for attack. Taxpayers will pay over $500 million
The judge challenged the toughness of the Justice Department’s stance in a plea hearing for a man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. Capitol.
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Husband-wife Seattle police officers fired for being at Capitol insurrection
Five people died as a result of the riot, and four officers who were there died by suicides.