Capitol

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk sits as US President-elect Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Musk heads to US Congress to discuss slashing government costs

As Musk and Ramaswamy strode into the Capitol for meetings with lawmakers, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson touted "a new day in America"

A never before seen video of former U.S. President Donald Trump rehearsing a speech, where he refused to admit a day after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol that the 2020 election was over and that he had lost, is played on a screen during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
USA

6 January US Capitol riot hearings lay blame at Trump's feet

US President Donald Trump looks on at the end of his speech during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.
USA

US Supreme Court spurns Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret

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USA

In Capitol visit, Biden tries to make peace with feuding Democrats

US Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) holds up her phone while live streaming from the chair she spent the night in to highlight the upcoming expiration of the pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2021. Photo :Reuters
USA

US lawmaker spends night outside Capitol to protest return of evictions

FILE PHOTO: National Guard soldiers patrol the grounds of the U.S. Capitol after police warned that a militia group might try to attack the Capitol complex in Washington, U.S. March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
World+Biz

Pentagon approves extension of reduced National Guard presence around Capitol

Jessica Marie Watkins (Left) and Donovan Ray Crowl (Center), both from Ohio, march down the East front steps of the US Capitol with the Oath Keepers militia group among supporters of US President Donald Trump protesting against the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/
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Trump aide who stormed the Capitol broke an 'oath to protect America,' judge says

Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Politics

US House cancels Thursday session after police warn of possible plot on Capitol

Donald Trump. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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As impeachment vote nears, Republican reveals Trump call to Capitol

President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden pay their respects before the remains of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick lying in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building after he died on Jan. 7 from injuries he sustained while protecting the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack on the building, in Washington, D.C., February 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

In visit to Capitol, Biden honors police officer killed in Jan 6 assault

FILE PHOTO: Fencing is put up around local businesses amid beefed up security ahead of planned protests at the state Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

US state capitals on edge for armed protests as Trump presidency nears end

Members of the Swat team patrol and secure the Statuary Hall before US Vice President makes his way into the House Chamber, at the US Capitol, on the morning of Jan. 7 hours after a mob invaded the building. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

Will the world take the United States seriously after the Capitol invasion?

Communications watchdog Roskomnadzor would then have the authority to fully or partially block them Photo: Reuters
Analysis

Facebook and Twitter crackdown around Capitol siege is too little, too late