The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Acting Architect of the Capitol dismisses several top officials in wake of Blanton’s departure

WASHINGTON — Several members of the Architect of the Capitol’s leadership team were fired Thursday, according to an internal email obtained by CQ Roll Call and two aides familiar with the matter, in a further shakeup at the agency after the February removal of its head, J. Brett Blanton.

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2023

Court sides with Justice Dept. on Jan. 6 obstruction charge

A federal appeals court has sided with the Justice Department in a case that could have upended hundreds of charges brought following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Former Boston cop charged with assaulting Capitol police officer on Jan. 6 is arraigned in DC court

The former Boston cop accused of assaulting a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 riot was arraigned in a D.C. court on Thursday after he was arrested last month.

Boston Herald · Apr 7, 2023

Ex-Infowars employee who stormed Capitol gets home detention

A Texas man who worked for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, Infowars, has been sentenced to four months of home detention for joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Pence will give evidence against Trump in January 6 probe

Former vice president will give evidence as part of the Justice Department’s probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Dennis Anderson: Tomorrow’s Minnesotans won’t forgive for inaction on invasive carp

The year is 2035 and debate is raging at the Capitol in St. Paul about where to place a gaggle of bronze statues lawmakers commissioned to "commemorate" the transition in Minnesota between two major epochs, the Pre-Invasive Carp Period, otherwise commonly referred to as the "fun" time of human existence…

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

Ex-US Rep. Sarasin dies at 88; headed historical society

Ronald Sarasin, a three-term Republican congressman from Connecticut in the 1970s who later went on to lead the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, has died

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Quran taken from Texas Capitol chapel recovered by state police. They aren’t saying who removed it.

Days after it went missing, DPS identified the person who removed a family Quran Rep. Salman Bhojani had placed in the chapel. The state has since provided its own copy.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 4, 2023

Nikki Fried, Senate leader Book arrested by police during abortion protest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were arrested and taken away in handcuffs Monday night during a demonstration over an abortion bill outside Tallahassee City Hall near the Capitol.

Orlando Sentinel · Apr 4, 2023

Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democrats after gun protest

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have taken the first steps to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023