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'This is how I'm going to die': Police testify on US Capitol riot

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Four police officers delivered graphic, riveting testimony Tuesday about their violent clashes with rioters while defending the US Capitol on January 6, as a congressional panel launched its probe of the deadly insurrection. Read more »

FBI warns that QAnon followers could engage in 'real-world violence'

Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 09:39 AM

WASHINGTON - The FBI has warned that followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory could again engage in violence against political opponents out of frustration that the theory's predictions have not come true.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 10, 2021

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Posted at Jun 10 11:33 PM

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Crescent sunrise during partial solar eclipse in US

Bill Ingalls, NASA
Updated as of Jun 10 11:30 PM

A partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises to the left of the United States Capitol building on Thursday as seen from Arlington, Virginia.  Read more »

Facebook imposes 2-year Trump ban, revises rules for politicians

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 08:53 AM

Facebook on Friday banned former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. Read more »

'Walis tambo' man tagged in US Capitol riot swept to jail

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Posted at May 29 03:17 PM

A man seen carrying 'walis tambo' who is suspected to be part of the US Capitol riot last January has been arrested. Read more »

US lawmakers agree on bipartisan panel to probe Jan. 6 attack

Reuters
Posted at May 14 11:12 PM

WASHINGTON - The top Democrat and Republican on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee have reached a deal to push forward with a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 storming of US Capitol, the lawmakers said on Friday. Read more »

Donald Trump 'egged on' Capitol rioters: Facebook panel co-chair

Virginie Montet, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 10 02:43 PM

WASHINGTON, United States - Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant's rules are in "shambles" and need fixing, the co-chair of the network's oversight panel said Sunday. Read more »

Facebook oversight board upholds Trump ban

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at May 06 07:47 AM

Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response." Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 29, 2021

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Updated as of Apr 30 12:07 AM

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Biden and America’s 2 powerful women

Doug Mills, Reuters/Pool
Posted at Apr 29 10:57 AM

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., Wednesday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 14, 2021

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Posted at Apr 15 12:38 AM

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Officer killed in US Capitol car-ramming attack

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 03 09:42 AM

A US Capitol police officer was killed and a second injured Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the Washington complex, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress. Read more »

Capitol police sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 02:49 PM

Two Capitol Police officers sued former US president Donald Trump Tuesday for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection that left dozens of their fellow officers injured and 1 dead. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 5, 2021

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Updated as of Mar 06 12:52 AM

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Not this time

Joshua Roberts, Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 11:39 AM

Members of the National Guard patrol at the U.S. Capitol after police warned that a militia group might try to attack the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. Read more »

Trump to be allowed back on YouTube when 'risk of violence' falls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:29 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Former US president Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube but only when the threat of his inciting violence abates, the head of the popular online video sharing platform said Thursday. Read more »

US House cancels session after possible plot on Capitol

Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 01:39 PM

The US House of Representatives canceled its planned Thursday session, after the Capitol Police warned on Wednesday that a militia group could be plotting to breach the building that was subjected to a deadly attack on Jan. 6. Read more »

Federal agent who joined crowd during US Capitol riot suspended

Brad Heath, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 07:57 AM

WASHINGTON) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended an agent who was outside the Capitol when a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building, his lawyer said, in the first known case of authorities examining the conduct of a fellow federal agent during the deadly riot. Read more »

US right-wing platform Gab attacked by 'demon hackers' - CEO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 08:29 AM

WASHINGTON - The CEO of Gab, a social network favored by the US political right, said the platform had been attacked by "demon hackers" after an activist group released user data described as an important resource for research on the far right. The activist group called DDoSecrets Collective released the data over the weekend to Wired magazine, claiming it offered "a record of the culture" related to the violent siege of the US Capitol on January 6. Read more »