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Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump during US Capitol siege Toggle share menu Advertisement Off-duty cops, other officials face reckoning after rallying for Trump during US Capitol siege Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, US on Jan 6, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Stephanie Keith) 14 Jan 2021 09:21AM (Updated: 14 Jan 2021 10:49AM) Share this content Bookmark WASHINGTON...

By Linda So, Andrea Januta, Mike Berens 11 Min Read (Reuters) - As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America’s bastion of democracy. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo “We’re going in,” said the 46-year-old Texas jailer, “tear g...

Specialists from the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC), in cooperation with the army’s Special Forces Command (SFC), have conducted underwater operations to extract munitions from warships which sank in Kampong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district during the 1970-1975 civil war. A total of 912 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) have been found. In a meeting to update progress on January 14, Neang Phat – permanent secretary of ...

Dozens of public servants including firefighters, lawmakers, teachers, municipal workers, law enforcement and military personnel joined events that became the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

As rioters scaled scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol, Roxanne Mathai held up her cell phone to record the sea of supporters of President Donald Trump storming America’s bastion of democracy.

WASHINGTON — The military is expanding its investigation into whether any troops who participated in last week’s pro-Trump rally also took part in the violence inside the U.S. Capitol, even as lawmakers are pressing the Defense Department to rescreen the thousands of military personnel assigned to s

‘QAnon Shaman’ charged with storming the Capitol is a Navy veteran January 11 In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Jacob Anthony Chansley, a Navy veteran whom officials have identified as the man with the painted face and wearing a horned headdress, was taken into custody Jan. 9, 2021, and charged with counts that include violent entry and disorder...

Army officials are investigating a Fort Bragg officers involvement at a rally that turned into a deadly riot in Washington D.C. last week.  Capt. Emily Rainey told the Associated Press she went to Washington D.C. on Wednesday as a private citizen while on leave, didn’t advertise that she was an Army officer and told her bosses ahead of time that she’d be going.  Rainey is a psychological operations officer assigned to the 4th Psychological Operations Group, said Maj. Dan. Lessard, a s...

On Monday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, asked acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller to allow military criminal investigators to join civilian law enforcement authorities in determining if troops or veterans took part in the insurrection. The Pentagon acknowledged receiving Duckworth’s letter. Duckworth, D-Ill.,  a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, asked  by letter that military criminal investigators determine whether service members or veterans “engaged in insurre...

The U.S. military is reviewing whether any active-duty service members may have participated in the assault on the U.S. Capitol.