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Trump caps summer of US 250th birthday at IndyCar race through Washington

IndyCar's Freedom 250 Grand Prix zoomed through the National Mall, past the US Capitol, down historic Pennsylvania Avenue, and around the National Archives, in the marquee event on Sunday afternoon.

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Drivers take part in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar Series race in Washington, DC, US, August 23, 2026.
The New York State Capitol is seen on August 11, 2021 in Albany, New York; Illustrative.

ISIS-linked female suspect arrested in plot to blow up New York State Capitol

Bowie was arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), ISIS.

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A mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

US judge grants DOJ's request to dismiss cases against far-right Oath Keepers for January 6 riots

The ruling from Washington-based US District Judge Amit Mehta tosses out convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and other members of the group who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

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A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.

Convicted January 6 rioter appointed to sensitive Pentagon counterterrorism job - report

Elias Irizarry, 24, was appointed to a post in the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Washington Post reported. 

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ADL joins lawsuit against groups allegedly behind Jan. 6 insurrection

Five people died during the riot, including a Capitol Police officer, and 140 police were injured. Four officers who were present subsequently died by suicide.

DECEMBER 15, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Security fencing is seen near the US Capitol ahead of rally in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington

America's democracy is in danger

Particularly worrisome are the large numbers of Americans who believe the Big Lie and other conspiracy theories even once they’ve been irrefutably debunked.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

US Capitol rioter 'QAnon Shaman' sentenced to 41 months in prison

A US District court sentenced Jacob Chansley, who pleaded guilty in September to obstructing an official proceeding when he participated in the Capitol riot.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021ByREUTERS
Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, holding a sign referencing QAnon, speaks as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather to protest about the early results of the 2020 presidential election

US Capitol Police officer charged with telling rioter to destroy evidence

Prosecutors said that officer Michael Riley had become a Facebook friend with the suspect identified as "Person 1" on Jan. 1 and then direct messaged the individual on Jan. 7.

OCTOBER 15, 2021ByREUTERS
Security fencing is seen near the US Capitol ahead of rally in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington

North Carolina man who made bomb threat near Capitol pleads not guilty

Floyd Ray Roseberry, who has a history of mental illness, is facing charges of using a weapon of mass destruction and making threats to use explosive materials.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByREUTERS
Security fencing is seen near the US Capitol ahead of rally in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington

US Capitol Police cite threats amid planned pro-Trump rally

There have been threats tied to Saturday's planned pro-Trump rally to support those charged in the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol, US Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger said.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021ByREUTERS
National Guard soldiers patrol the compound around the US Capitol after police warned that a militia group might try to attack the Capitol complex in Washington, US, March 4, 2021.

Man with knives arrested near Democratic HQ -US Capitol Police

Around midnight, a Capitol Police officer was on patrol when he noticed a pickup truck with a bayonet and a machete inside of it, and a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on it.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Marine One, carrying outgoing US President Donald Trump, passes the Capitol before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2021.

US charges man who made bomb threat near US Capitol

Roseberry, 51, spread alarm at the Capitol and prompted the evacuation of nearby government buildings on Thursday.

AUGUST 20, 2021ByREUTERS
The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Police apprehend man claiming to have bomb near US Capitol

The US Capitol Police said they were investigating a bomb threat on Thursday near the Library of Congress.

AUGUST 19, 2021ByREUTERS
Library of Congress photo taken from top of the Capitol dome.

GOP rep. says Capitol rioters treated worse than Guantanamo Bay prisoners

"They are treating those people worse than they treat the terrorists at Gitmo (short for Guantanamo)," the GOP representative claimed.

AUGUST 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) arrives to take her oath of office as a member of the House of Representatives, in Washington, DC, on January 3.