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UPDATE, 1:38 PM PT: U.S. Capitol Police identified the officer who died on Friday as William “Billy” Evans, a member of the agency for 18 years. Evans was one of two officers who was struck when a driver rammed his vehicle through a security checkpoint, but was stopped when the car crashed into a barricade on the…

Luke Coffee, a Dallas man with a background in TV acting, post-production work and film producing, has been identified and charged by the FBI as the much-photographed crutch-wielding assailant at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In court documents made public Thursday, Coffee was charged with six criminal counts, including…

FIFTH UPDATE: The Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol, bringing to an end a trial that lasted just five days. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict Trump, short of the 67 votes needed. Seven Republicans joined with 48 Democrats and two…

SECOND UPDATE, 1:26 p.m. PT: Democrats wrapped up their arguments against Donald Trump with about five hours remaining in their allotted time, but lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) made clear why they didn’t go longer. “We need to exercise our common sense about what happened here,” Raskin said…

When Punchbowl News, a startup from veterans of Politico, launched earlier this month, it promised politics from a different D.C. vantage point: The Capitol, often overshadowed by national media coverage of chaos in the White House. Their focal point has proved a bit fortuitous in the past month, with the Capitol siege…

Social network Parler has returned to the internet, with the company’s founders continuing to promise a full-fledged comeback after the site was banished for its role in the January 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol. Parler went dark earlier this month after Amazon Web Services decided to terminate its hosting agreement…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted again on Wednesday to impeach Donald Trump, making him the only president to ever be impeached twice. Before the vote, the fissures in American society were on full display as Representatives went after each other — and Trump — on the House floor. Click on the video above for…

In the latest sign of Donald Trump’s plunging stock as a business brand, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is moving ahead with plans to cancel its business contracts with the Trump Organization including the company’s famous Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park. “New York City doesn't do business with…

In the days since Donald Trump encouraged followers to march on the U.S. Capitol and “fight like hell,” the news media has struggled with how to characterize those unprecedented events and the president’s actions afterward. Some avoided giving more attention to Trump’s theatrics. Others faced them head on. Click on…

Chilling images from the Trump mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol continue to astonish much of the media even days later, but some of the most difficult footage to watch is that of an Associated Press photographer, John Minchillo, being beaten on the east side of the Capitol as he tried to cover the…