The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Jan 6 Capital Riot defendants in 'medieval' jail request transfer to Guantanamo Bay

Over 30 inmates facing trial over the Capitol Hill riots have requested the transfer due to the 'medieval standards of living' at D.C. Central Detention Facility

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Lindsey Graham told former police officer that Capitol rioters should be shot in head, new book says

“We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them,” the GOP Senator reportedly told Michael Fanone

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Lindsey Graham wanted Jan. 6 Capitol attackers shot in the head, book says

A former Washington, D.C., police officer who was nearly killed on Jan. 6 claims South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told cops they should have killed Donald Trump loyalists who raided the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

US ‘Dreamers’ demand action as court ruling fuels uncertainty

Dozens rally outside US Capitol after an appeals court upheld a decision that deemed DACA programme ‘unlawful’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2022

Jan. 6 riot defendant from Northern California wants out of DC jail, citing mental decline

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A week after rejecting a plea agreement from federal prosecutors, accused Jan. 6 rioter Sean Michael McHugh is asking a judge to release him from custody pending trial because his mental health is deteriorating and he is facing abuse inside a Washington, D.C., jail.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Congress taking big step toward fixing elections

The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol performed a useful educational service by detailing how former President Donald Trump incited the insurrection and rejected pleas to stop it.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says Jan. 6 attackers ‘did teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., downplayed the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 on Tuesday, saying the violent attackers “did teach us how you can use a flag pole.”

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Lawyers: Arizona GOP chair pleaded Fifth to Jan. 6 panel

An attorney for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol told a federal judge in Phoenix on Tuesday that Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward refused to answer the committee’s questions at a deposition

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Senator Ron Johnson claims January 6 wasn’t ‘armed insurrection’ but did ‘teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Trump was aware supporters were armed, according to congressional testimony

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation

Denver Riggleman spent 8 months as an adviser to the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot. Now he's written a book about his experience — called, "The Breach."

WEKU · Oct 4, 2022