More than 125 people have been arrested so far on charges related to the violent insurrection led by supporters of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, where a Capitol police officer and four others were killed.
Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Bidenβs presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Guard members have been found to have ties to fringe right group militias.
The FBI has filed a criminal complaint against a South Carolina man who authorities said was captured taking a selfie with a statue of John C. Calhoun while illegally storming the U.S. Capitol with supporters of President Donald Trump during a deadly insurrection this month.
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Capitol is fortified and on high alert. Right now 21,000 troops are in our nation's capitol, screened by FBI to prevent against any insider threats. FEMA has reportedly hired a company called American Medical Response Inc. to provide emergency services for Wednesday. The value of the contract, is $10M.
Two days from the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris pitched in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects as a militarized and jittery Washington prepared for a swearing-in that will play out under extraordinary security.
A double row of chain-link fencing circles the Arizona State Capitol. Windows on the Illinois and Ohio statehouses have been boarded up. National Guard troops in camouflage and flak jackets and heavily armed state troopers were stationed at state capitals across the U.S. in advance of protests planned for Sunday.
Another 100 North Carolina National Guard members are going to Washington to help with security leading up to President-elect Joe Bidenβs inauguration next week, Gov. Roy Cooperβs office said Friday.
A major memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s.
It's been 12 years since Joe Biden took the Oath of Office for Vice President of the United States. Things will look much different on Wednesday as Biden takes the Presidential Oath, amid a pandemic, and security concerns in Washington and across the country.
Police and National Guard troops stood sentry at newly fortified statehouses Sunday ahead of demonstrations planned for the leadup to President-elect Joe Bidenβs inauguration, as authorities worked to deter a repeat of the recent riot that overran the U.S. Capitol. A few protesters were starting to gather in some cities, but streets in many others remained empty.
President-elect Joe Bidenβs decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.
The dating app Bumble suspends its political filter after women allegedly used it to match with conservatives to find Capitol rioters and report them.
90 CMPD Officers and 40 Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Deputies will leave for Washington, D.C., Monday
President-elect Joe Biden lays out his 5-step COVID-19 vaccination plan he will enact the moment he is inaugurated in a news conference on January 15th.
As President Donald Trumpβs supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
The South Carolina Statehouse is closing for five days after the FBI warned capitols in every U.S. state could be targets for violence.
Animal rights advocates said breeders in North Carolina have shipped more than 1,000 live roosters to Guam, charging as much as $2,000 for each bird in the islandβs cockfighting trade.
All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.
President-elect Joe Biden's dog Major will be celebrated as the first shelter dog to live in the White House with a virtual 'Indoguration' event hosted by the Delaware Humane Association.Β
