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Lawmakers remembered the January 6 attack on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, two years after the insurrection.

Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday after a nearly two-month-long trial.

Dramatic new video shows congressional leaders pleading for help on January 6.

The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday showed outtakes from then-President Donald Trump’s Jan. 7, 2021, speech, during which he repeatedly refused to say the election was over.

The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday showed what Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did to help make the Capitol safe after the riots.

Sarah Matthews, former press aide to former President Donald Trump, said the video statement released by Trump on Jan. 6 did not do enough to condemn the attacks and was “indefensible.”

Sarah Matthews, a former press aide to former President Donald Trump, testified Thursday that Trump didn’t want to mention “peace” in the two tweets he sent out on Jan. 6 and had to be convinced to write “stay peaceful.”

An anonymous White House security official who worked on Jan. 6, 2021, talks about the fear and shock they felt at the potential of former President Donald Trump marching tens of thousands of people to the U.S. Capitol.

Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone shares the amount of effort made within the White House on Jan. 6 to get President Donald Trump to issue a statement to get the Capitol rioters to go home.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, began Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing by noting a shift in tone from allies of former President Donald Trump, moving from denial of responsibility to casting blame on outside parties. “President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child. Just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and...

New Zealand’s government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organizations.

The panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers, an extraordinary step that has little precedent.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. As the investigation winds down, members of the committee are wrestling over whether to call the two men....

During an Earth Day speech in Seattle, President Joe Biden talked about the leaked audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., condemning former President Donald Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Out of all the arrests made for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, 15% had some form of military background. Veterans are often given key roles in extremist groups because of their tactical experience and because “they’re easy targets” for recruitment, NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains. He walks you through what Congress said on the issue: peer support is needed...

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring two Republican members of the House of Representatives for serving on the January 6th Committee.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he did not have the power to overturn the results of the 2020 election, contradicting the false claims of former President Trump.

The FBI Boston Division has arrested two New England women who entered the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Special agents arrested 33-year-old Kirstyn Niemela of Hudson, New Hampshire, and 36-year-old Stefanie Chiguer of Dracut, Massachusetts, the FBI said Tuesday. Both women face the same four charges: Entering and remaining in a restricted building; disorderly and disruptive…

Eleven members of the far right militia group the Oath Keepers, including its founder Stewart Rhodes, have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Legal analyst Danny Cevallos breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the case against them — and explains why the charges may spell trouble for President Trump.

How will Jan. 6, 2021, go down in history? It could be a turning point toward a more fractured nation or a wake-up call to rededicate to principles of American democracy, says University of Pennsylvania historian Brian Rosenwald.