The Latest Breaking News from Capitol Police

Florida's lawmaker meetings, other public spaces stay gun-free under permitless carry bill

State lawmakers are considering letting Floridians carry concealed guns in public without a permit — but not at their meetings.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 17, 2023

Q&A: Rep. Norma Torres talks guns, threats on her life and the end of Roe

Norma Torres has had an eventful couple of years.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

Rep. Norma Torres talks guns, threats on her life and the end of Roe  - Roll Call

“I’m not going to apologize for defending myself,” says the California Democrat, who got threats after tangling with El Salvador’s president.

Roll Call · Feb 14, 2023

House GOP kills civil rights panel

"GOP Oversight⁩ tried to toss out the Civil Rights Subcommittee without anybody noticing," Democrat says

Salon · Feb 1, 2023

MTG likens Tyre Nichols to Ashli Babbitt

Greene made the comments at her first committee hearing of the term

Salon · Feb 1, 2023

Capitol Police arrest man with knives, smoke grenade who was impersonating officer

U.S. Capitol Police arrested a cop impersonator armed with “a stash of knives” and other equipment on Monday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Police arrest ‘fake officer’ armed with knives on Capitol Hill

Secret Service find ‘shell casings, a smoke grenade and a gas mask inside the suspect’s Ford Explorer,’ USCP says

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

State capital mayor: Plan for separate courts is apartheid

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba says that legislation that would create a separate court system run by unelected judges in part of Mississippi’s capital city is racially motivated

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

How the Capitol Police enabled Jan. 6

Was it cowardice, blindness, white privilege — or something worse? The House Jan. 6 committee didn't want to know

Salon · Jan 28, 2023

Graphic video of attack on Paul Pelosi is released

A San Francisco court on Friday released a graphic video showing the moment an intruder wielding a hammer attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, inside the couple’s home.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023