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Jan. 6 artifacts collected at American History Museum point to organization, planning and violence
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The early collection of historical artifacts collected by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History documenting the attack on the U.S. Capitol on ...
Jan 05, 2022
On my 1st week covering Capitol Hill, the Jan. 6 attack happened: Reporter's notebook
ABC(WASHINGTON) -- It was hardly the first week any of us imagined: A violent mob storming the United States Capitol, chanting for the vice president to be hanged, leaving behind a trail of shattered ...
Jan 05, 2022
On Jan. 6 anniversary, Homeland Security focused on domestic violent extremism
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Just days before the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack at the United States Capitol, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said domestic violent extrem...
Jan 05, 2022
Jan. 6 officers to ABC's David Muir: 'I return to the crime scene every single day'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- "From the way I sleep, eating breakfast, making sure I don't hurt myself putting my shirt on. The way I walk, the way I play with my son. The phone calls from the Justice Depar...
Jan 05, 2022
Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with probe
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is expected to ask Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with its investigation, a develop...
Jan 04, 2022
Cops' role in Jan. 6 attack divides Virginia town with ties to Confederacy
ABC News(ROCKY MOUNT, Va.) -- A year after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol 260 miles away, a quiet community in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is still reckoning with the fallout and...
Jan 04, 2022
GOP governors accuse Biden of controlling the supply of COVID treatments. The alternative could be a bidding war.
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- COVID treatments that work against the new omicron variant are in short supply, and Republican governors are accusing President Joe Biden of preventing t...
Jan 04, 2022
Groping charge against former New York Gov. Cuomo dropped by prosecutor
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(ALBANY) -- Albany District Attorney David Soares has decided against going forward with a forcible touching charge against former New York Gov. And...
Jan 04, 2022
Biden administration reimposes 'Remain in Mexico' policy
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Biden administration officials further outlined a plan for the implementation of the "MPP" or "Remain in Mexico" policy on a conference call wi...
Jan 04, 2022
Cuomo not charged with COVID nursing home deaths: Manhattan DA
iStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan District Attorney’s office will not file criminal charges in connection with the handling of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes during the tenur...
Jan 03, 2022
