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A retired NYPD officer who had been assigned for a time to work perimeter security at City Hall and at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, has been accused of using a pipe to attack a U.S. Capitol officer during the Jan. 6 siege, law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case told News 4 Tuesday. Thomas Webster surrendered to…

Pete Buttigieg held his first official event as transportation secretary on Friday

U.S. officials say the cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million

A second police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol during the mob attack on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, the acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Department said this week.

Kevin Quinn’s son, a medic who has been helping COVID-19 patients, was a member of the National Guard sent to Washington, D.C.

First lady Jill Biden on Friday handed out cookies made in the White House to National Guard troops as a token of appreciation for their work defending the nation’s capital.

As many as 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D

At a national memorial for the more than 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris paid their respects to the victims. “To heal, we must remember,” Biden said. “It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal.”

The steady stream of energetic disturbances through the sky of New England continues for days to come – creating periods of clouds, flurries, sprinkles and showers of snow and rain, but cut off from substantial moisture locked way to the south in the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and Tropical Atlantic, meaning significant storm development just isn’t going to happen anytime…

Tuesday: Afternoon clouds and a few flurries. Highs near 40. Overnight Tuesday: Partly cloudy, chance flurry. Lows in the 20s. Wednesday: Lots of clouds, a few flurries. Highs in the 30s.

Threats of attacks on President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration have prompted extreme security measures throughout the nation’s capital. A former chief of staff for the CIA, Jeremy Bash, joined LX News to break down the protective bubble in place for Inauguration Day.

Today: AM sun to PM clouds & a few flurries. Highs near 40. Tonight: Partly cloudy, chance flurry. Lows in the 20s. Wednesday: Lots of clouds, a few flurries. Highs in the 30s.

More than 25,000 soliders from the National Guard will be in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration this week.

There are no credible threats known in Massachusetts, but law enforcement officials aren’t taking any chances.

Five-hundred members of Massachusetts’ National Guard are traveling to Washington this weekend. They’ll join tens of thousands of soldiers in the Nation’s capital securing the city for President-elect Biden’s inauguration.

Amid all the noise since a mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol, an officer hailed as a hero has stayed silent

Gov. Charlie Baker activated up to 500 National Guard personnel for deployment to Washington D.C., for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20.

Thousands of National Guard soldiers and security officers from multiple federal agencies are working to protect Washington, D.C. in the wake of last week’s violence at the Capitol.

Airlines say they are stepping up security on flights to Washington before next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden