The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

White House slams Fox News host Carlson over Jan 6 segment

Carlson has been criticised for TV segment that used cherry-picked video to portray US Capitol rioters as peaceful.

Al Jazeera · Mar 8, 2023

Kansas man who pushed Capitol police officer in Jan. 6 riot is sentenced to prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer during the Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison and two years of supervised release.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Anderson Cooper says Tucker Carlson would have been ‘wetting his pants’ if he was in Capitol riot mob

Cooper said Carlson was trying to ‘rewrite history’ about one of the ‘biggest threats to American democracy’

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Tucker Carlson – news: Fox News host calls GOP critics ‘sociopaths’ as White House says clips ‘not credible’

Reframing of violent attack on US Capitol as peaceful protest raises ire of lawmakers and family of fallen officer

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Michelle Obama says she sobbed ‘uncontrollably’ after Trump’s inauguration

Former first lady makes remark on The Light Podcast, her new venture, and notes the lack of diversity at the Capitol that day

The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2023

Carlson: I hate Trump "passionately"

"We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it," Carlson wrote. "There really isn't an upside to Trump"

Salon · Mar 8, 2023

Tucker Carlson, who ‘passionately hates’ Trump, shows more Capitol footage

Fox News host continues to claim January 6 was peaceful while legal filings show him saying Trump is good at ‘destroying things’

The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2023

GOP stuck with Tucker Carlson's lies

Everyone knows Tucker Carlson lies — what matters is the GOP now blesses his Jan. 6 revisionism

Salon · Mar 8, 2023

As state-run police expand into Jackson, some welcome the help. Others see racism

To help combat Jackson's per capita murder rate, which is one of the worst in the country, the state Legislature expanded the reach of the Capitol Police. City leaders say they've been sidelined.

WEKU · Mar 8, 2023

Fox News host under fire from capitol police for trying to paint January 6 insurrection as ‘peaceful’

Tucker Carlson has sought to defend the action of the pro-Trump mob

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2023