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After President Trump claimed he directed the National Guard for immediate deployment after the Capitol Building raid, several reports point to Vice President Pence as the lead White House

Pentagon, D.C. officials point fingers at each other over Capitol riot response Julia Ainsley and Dan De Luce and Mosheh Gains © Provided by NBC News WASHINGTON — City officials here said it was the Pentagon that planned to keep the presence of National Guard troops at Wednesdays pro-Trump rally small, unarmed and distant from the Capitol. But Pentagon officials said they were merely responding to the citys wishes to "keep things de-escalated." A timeline released by the Pen...

Mixed reports about Vice President Pence’s role in deploying the National Guard to respond to the siege raised questions about whether the chain of command was broken Wednesday, though the Pentagon insists it never was. Meanwhile, Trump still has the authority to call up troops to quell civil unrest, in addition to nearly unchecked powers to launch a nuclear weapon, and tensions with global hot spots such as Iran could still flare up in the next two weeks. ADVERTISEMENT The national security ...

About 1,100 National Guard troops deployed to U.S. Capitol Published  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House says National Guard troops along with other federal protective services were deployed to the Capitol to help end a violent occupation by President Donald Trumps supporters who are seeking to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The Pentagon says about 1,100 D.C. National Guard members were mobilized to help support law enforcement as violent supporters of President...

Top defense leaders are pushing back against criticism that they were ill-prepared for Wednesday's massive security lapse.

Intelligence all over the board in failed DC National Guard preparation for Capitol siege Print this article Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy defended the rapid response of a limited D.C. National Guard active force while dodging blame for intelligence failures that allowed rioters to enter the Capitol building Wednesday. “Getting back to the pure intelligence, it was all over the board,” McCarthy told defense reporters during a Pentagon phone briefing Thursday, citing protest size estimates t...

Federal lawmakers, D.C. authorities and law enforcement officials already are calling for a national examination of capital security.

The House Is Moving Quickly Towards a Second Trump Impeachment. This Is the Evidence It Must Focus On. Elura Nanos It looks like President Donald Trump is on track to make history as the only American president to be impeached twice. Unlike the perfect-phone-call impeachment, this would-be sequel has a much straighter shot to conviction. Things moving quickly in House on impeachment. Dems eyeing an impeachment vote as soon as mid-week next week. Pelosi and leadership team discu...

Meanwhile, Congressman John Garamendi, D-Davis, took to Facebook on Wednesday about the Capitol breach and lockdown, calling the situation "a blatant attack on American democracy." In his post, Garamendi said: "We will have a transfer of power on January 20th, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President on that day. American democracy has survived over 200 years, and it will survive Donald Trump.” U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat representing coastal Northern ...

The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead — including one woman who was shot — after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation’s capital in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that will confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win