Articles filed under Political Figures
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Where the cases against suburban Jan. 6 defendants stand nowJan 06, 2022 4:30 am - As of Wednesday, at least 17 Illinois residents face charges for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection where a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. De...
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A year after Jan. 6, Congress more deeply divided than everJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A deeply divided Congress is showing the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country togeth...
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'Hatred in the eyes': How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riotsJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Rep. Cori Bush is no stranger to protests. She spent years marching the streets of St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri, rising to public office on the strength...
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'Democracy was attacked': Biden decries Trump backers' 'dagger at throat' of democracyJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a "dagger at the throat of democracy" in a forceful speech Thursday marking the anniv...
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Editorial: Jan. 6 and the miracle of AmericaJan 05, 2022 5:00 pm - When they stormed the Capitol, some in the mob hurled American flags as spears at the overwhelmed police trying to guard its doors. American flags as weapons of insurrec...
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'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakersJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of the House, ...
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Kinzinger to focus on fighting right-wing extremism, won't run for governor or SenateJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Leading Trump critic U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who in October said he would not seek another term in the House but left open the potential of running for senator or gove...
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'We have to be there': AP photographer recalls Capitol siegeJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans. It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite wa...
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FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year laterJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The suspect was covered from head to toe, skulking through the dark streets of the nation's capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the o...
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Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half rememberedJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent storming ...