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Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, GILLIAN FLACCUS and JIM MUSTIAN
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president's behest last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, incl...
Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters

By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and LISA MASCARO
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations...
A theater of propaganda: The Capitol, cameras and selfies

By JAKE COYLE
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One of the defining images of the Capitol siege was of a man dangling from the balcony of the Senate chamber. Clad in black and with a helmet over his h...
Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate tw...
Biden faces challenge in guiding America past Trump era

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a...
Records show fervent Trump fans fueled U.S. Capitol takeover

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, GILLIAN FLACCUS and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president's behest last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including...
Des Plaines man pleads guilty to defrauding elderly in telemarketing scam

Daily Herald report
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Des Plaines man, who federal authorities scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly victims as part of a telemarketing scheme, has pleaded guilt...
Pritzker weighs in on criminal justice bill

By RAYMON TRONCOSO Capitol News Illinois rtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker took questions on a massive criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday, noting he was gener...
Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters

By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for ...
Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared

By JAY REEVES, LISA MASCARO and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name, the Capitol's attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured...

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