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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., walks through the Senate basement on his way to a vote in the Capitol in May.

Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on federal bribery charges

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 22, 2023 at 10:29am
The U.S. Capitol Police flag flies in front of the police department's headquarters.

Capitol Police agents strained to probe increasing threats against lawmakers

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 21, 2023 at 5:00am
Capitol Police evacuated their headquarters because of a suspicious vehicle Tuesday.

Capitol Police return to headquarters after evacuation resulting from suspicious vehicle

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 19, 2023 at 2:16pm, Updated at 3:24pm
Then-Chief Steven A. Sund testifies during a House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing on the Capitol Police budget in 2020.

Former chief to back more power for Capitol Police to get federal backup

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 18, 2023 at 7:07pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tapped his legal trust fund for $56,000 in the second quarter to meet legal costs related to the election investigation in Georgia. The latest spending was part of more than $200,000 he's drawn from the legal trust fund since he set it up in September 2022.

Graham legal trust fund spends more than $200,000 on Georgia probe

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 7, 2023 at 2:06pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., needs time to review voluminous discovery material in the case against him, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors seek delay of conference on Santos ‘to discuss possible paths forward’

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 5, 2023 at 2:59pm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee mark up of his bill on Supreme Court ethical standards in July.

Whitehouse makes ethics complaint against Alito to Roberts

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 5, 2023 at 1:44pm
Members of the National Guard are seen near the Speaker’s Lobby at the door where Ashli Babbitt was killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, while troops toured the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2021.

Capitol Police promotes officers who got Jan. 6 attack spotlight

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 24, 2023 at 3:22pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the U.S. Capitol in May.

Former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos campaign indicted in NY

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 16, 2023 at 3:16pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger prepares to testify at a hearing last month.

Capitol Police ramp up hiring to bolster lawmaker protection

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 8, 2023 at 12:15pm
Police and emergency personnel stand near the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday after unconfirmed reports of an active shooter.

Senate offices evacuated after ‘bad call’ about active shooter

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 2, 2023 at 4:12pm, Updated at 6:24pm
House Administration Chairman Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisc., left, and Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., middle, speak Wednesday with Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger before a joint oversight hearing on the Capitol Police Board.

Capitol Police chief pitches more field offices to protect lawmakers

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 26, 2023 at 7:32pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger looks on as Wenling Chestnut, the widow of Capitol Police Officer J.J. Chestnut Jr., touches his face on the plaque at the Memorial Door in the Capitol on Monday. Capitol Police held a memorial ceremony and moment of silence in memory of Chestnut and John Gibson, officers who were killed in the line of duty on July 24, 1998.

Capitol Police mark 25 years since gunman killed two officers

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 24, 2023 at 5:46pm
Ron Russo, the United States Capitol Police Inspector General, testifies during the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on Wednesday.

Capitol Police IG closed out Jan. 6 recommendations that weren’t fully executed

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 19, 2023 at 5:58pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., applauds during Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber on Wednesday.

Court gives Santos more freedom to travel in DC area

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 19, 2023 at 2:48pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces another measure by colleagues to sanction him.

Measure to censure Rep. Santos introduced in House

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 17, 2023 at 4:54pm
A Capitol Police bus is seen on the East Front of the Capitol on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot.

Capitol Police officer arrested on child pornography charges

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 10, 2023 at 2:27pm, Updated at 3:27pm
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Senate report dings FBI, DHS for not heeding warnings about Jan. 6

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 27, 2023 at 2:21pm
Capitol Police recruits stand in line in between excercises on the East Plaza of the Capitol in May.

Capitol Police end contract with company that rejected atypical percentage of recruits

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 22, 2023 at 4:30am
A U.S. Capitol Police officer was indicted in June on charges stemming from a collision with a motorcyclist.

Capitol Police officer facing criminal charges tied to hit-and-run cover-up resigns, sources say

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 9, 2022 at 4:10pm
Michelle Vallejo, a Democratic candidate for a Texas House seat, did not initially report hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets.

Texas Democratic candidate Vallejo initially failed to report more than $200,000 in assets

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 29, 2022 at 2:42pm, Updated at 3:50pm
Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews, both former Trump White House aides, are sworn in Thursday night at the start of a House select committee hearing probing the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

Trump opted against calling off his loyalists during Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former aides tell select panel

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 21, 2022 at 11:34pm
Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty to charges for participating in the Capitol riot, arrives to testify during the Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

‘Changed his life’: Rep. Aguilar says Capitol rioter’s testimony shows pull of Trump’s words

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 13, 2022 at 2:18pm
Stephen Ayres, left, and former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove wait to testify during the Jan. 6 select committee hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday.

Jan. 6 committee shows how Trump’s words moved supporters, far-right groups

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 12, 2022 at 6:32pm
Rep. Stephanie Murphy greets Cassidy Hutchinson, a onetime aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, after she testified during the Jan. 6 committee hearing on June 28.

Jan. 6 panel to examine Trump’s role in galvanizing extremists

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 11, 2022 at 6:02pm
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee.

Three reasons Jan. 6 committee wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 30, 2022 at 2:21pm
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's chief of staff, testifies before the House Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday.

Trump wanted armed supporters allowed into Jan. 6 rally and to lead Capitol charge, aide says

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:34pm, Updated June 29, 2022 at 10:33am
Former Nebraska GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday and must complete 320 hours of community service and pay a $25,000 fine — in addition to a mandatory special assessment fee of $300.

Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry avoids prison time over three felony convictions

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 28, 2022 at 1:14pm
Former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel, former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel are sworn in Thursday before the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Trump ignored lack of election fraud, pressured DOJ officials to ‘just say’ election was ‘corrupt’

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 23, 2022 at 7:57pm
From left, Rusty Bowers, Arizona House Speaker, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state, and Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, are sworn in during the Jan. 6 select committee hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday.

State officials tell Jan. 6 panel how they impeded Trump’s demands to overturn 2020 election

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 21, 2022 at 6:26pm
A video screen shows a noose and gallows erected outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot during a hearing Thursday examining the attack.

Eastman sought pardon from Trump after Jan. 6

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 16, 2022 at 5:32pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga.

Jan. 6 panel shows man from Loudermilk tour threatening lawmakers near Capitol on day of riot

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 15, 2022 at 12:05pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., was asked by the Jan. 6 select committee about a group he hosted on Jan. 5, 2021.

Capitol Police chief says group of Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s constituents was not suspicious

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 14, 2022 at 5:52pm
Jan. 6 panel Chairperson Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., speak with reporters Monday. The panel delayed a Wednesday hearing.

Jan. 6 committee delays Wednesday hearing, citing need to compile video evidence

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 14, 2022 at 10:37am, Updated at 1:05pm
The Jan. 6 select committee gavels in for their second June hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Monday.

Trump pushed ‘big lie’ despite knowing it was false, ripped small donors off, Jan. 6 panel says

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 13, 2022 at 3:21pm
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., listens during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol hearing in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

Jan. 6 panel to zero in on Trump’s alleged culpability in riot

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 10, 2022 at 3:28pm
Members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot arrive for a Thursday evening hearing.

Trump ignored aides who warned him stolen election claims were false, Jan. 6 panel says

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 9, 2022 at 11:28pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference regarding the Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday. McCarthy is flanked from left by GOP Reps. Kelly Armstrong, Troy Nehls, Jim Banks, Elise Stefanik, Rodney Davis, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan.

McCarthy rips Democrats over GOP bill that called Jan. 6 ‘domestic terrorist attack’

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 9, 2022 at 4:38pm
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, participate in the House Republican Conference news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

Jan. 6 panel to begin presenting its findings while House GOP fights to mitigate political damage

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 9, 2022 at 5:00am
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

First of many ‘touchstones’ starts Thursday in prime time for Jan. 6 committee

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 7, 2022 at 5:00am
A U.S. Capitol Police patrol car.

Capitol Police officer charged in 2020 Georgetown hit-and-run on motorcyclist

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 3, 2022 at 3:19pm
Peter Navarro, right, a White House trade adviser under then-President Donald Trump, speaks at a press briefing on March 27, 2020. A grand jury indicted Navarro on Thursday for not cooperating with the Jan. 6 select committee.

Former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 3, 2022 at 12:50pm
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

‘Substantial reason to believe’ Reps. Fallon and Rutherford violated STOCK Act, ethics office finds

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 31, 2022 at 5:29pm
Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton.

Potential criminal matter regarding Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton referred to DOJ

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 26, 2022 at 3:14pm
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, December 1, 2021.

Ronny Jackson spending ‘likely implicates the prohibition against personal use of campaign funds,’ OCE says

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 23, 2022 at 5:46pm
Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va.

Rep. Alex Mooney ‘likely violated House rules and federal law,’ ethics office concludes

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 23, 2022 at 4:45pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in April.

Jan. 6 panel wants to ask Rep. Barry Loudermilk about tour it claims he led one day before Capitol riot

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 19, 2022 at 4:01pm, Updated at 5:13pm
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, flanked by Rep. Tony Gonzales, left, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, holds a news conference to announce the formation of the Hispanic Leadership Trust at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on Tuesday.

House Republicans announce fundraising effort to boost Latino members

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 17, 2022 at 2:28pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol on May 13.

House Republicans make case for November victory at roundtable on inflation

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 16, 2022 at 3:35pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during the House Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol to discuss defunding the Homeland Security Department’s Disinformation Governance Board on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

House GOP leader McCarthy, four other Republicans subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 12, 2022 at 2:53pm