The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

Republican congressman wants gun lockers to be installed in Capitol for ‘protection’

Florida Republican claims Washington DC is ‘one of the most crime-ridden cities in the entire United States’

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Capitol Lens | Busted - Roll Call

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota points to the bust of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Roll Call · Mar 15, 2023

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Pence looks for an opening in the anti-Trump lane

For the first half of his speech as the Republican representative at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, Mike Pence served up the typical mix of self-deprecating humor and jabs at the political opposition.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Legislative branch budget: Another proposed increase for Capitol Police - Roll Call

The Capitol Police would receive a significant funding boost under President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget.

Roll Call · Mar 14, 2023

Right-wing troll who sexually harassed AOC on steps of US Capitol sues her for blocking him on Twitter

AOC blocked Alex Stein in July 2022 when the far-right provocateur shouted lewd and derogatory comments at her as she walked up the steps of the US Capitol

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Justice Department shoots down claims that Tucker Carlson footage of QAnon Shaman exonerates Jan 6 rioters

Prosecutors say Fox News omitted incriminating footage from its four-minute clip of convicted rioter

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

DOJ prosecutors refute Fox Jan. 6 spin

New court filing refutes Tucker Carlson's attempts to reframe the attack on the Capitol as peaceful

Salon · Mar 13, 2023

Republican response to the January 6 Capitol attack divides party

Line are drawn between the extremist wing and those who distance themselves from portraying the rioters as ‘sightseers’

The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2023

Jay Ambrose: A small Kentucky college starts a burst of new life

It wasn’t a 9/11 terrorist attack, a Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, a new COVID-19 pandemic or still another mass shooting, but the opposite. It was something beautiful and inspiring, a look upward instead of downward. To be sure, it was unexpected and of attention-grabbing importance, but it was…

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023

Martin Schram: Fox invites Marxist punditry

This past week, it seemed like almost anywhere we surfed cable TV or internet news, we encountered a talking-head or print-pundit citing the identical quick-quip to summarize the central flaw in the newest controversy that Fox’s Tucker Carlson just ignited about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023