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January 7, 2021 Washington, D.C., police are investigating the shooting of a former D.C. National Guard member who rioted on Capitol Hill. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Newsy has confirmed the rioter killed by Capitol police was a former member of the D.C. National Guard. Ashli Babbitt was  shot and killed breaking into the very buildings she had previously sworn to protect. "i’m so sick of these politicians in this god damn state. i can’t take it anymore," Babbit said in a tweet.  Ashli Babbitt  traveled from her home in California to attend the protest. During the riot, the 35-year-old was seen...

Members of North Dakota's congressional delegation recall their hurried evacuation and the weight of the siege on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a resignation letter Thursday, DeVos blamed President Donald Trump for inflaming tensions in the violent assault on the seat of the nation's democracy. She says, "There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me." In a farewell letter to Congress earlier this week, DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration p...

The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia says “all options are on the table” for charges against the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, including sedition.

Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknic died Thursday night from injuries sustained while responding to the deadly riots on Capitol Hil.