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DCist: A New 7-Foot Tall Fence Will Surround The Capitol For At Least 30 Days

Editor Jan 7, 2021

A fence will surround the U.S. Capitol for at least the next 30 days, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said today. The fencing follows an insurrection at the building on Wednesday, when President Trump supporters stormed through…

Associated Press: Capitol police chief defends response to ‘criminal’ rioters

Editor Jan 7, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Capitol Police defended his department’s response to the storming of the Capitol, saying Thursday that officers “acted valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: How Trump supporters turned one mild-mannered D.C. lawyer into the angry…

Editor Jan 7, 2021

Peter Tracey, a 60-year-old White lawyer in D.C., admits he was triggered.

DCist: After Mob Took Congress, Many Ask: How Did The Police Allow It To Happen?

Editor Jan 7, 2021

As a member of Congress, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) is afforded a workplace befitting American democratic traditions — and one that’s secured accordingly, by its own police force with some 2,000 officers.

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jonetta rose barras: Visionaries and innovators needed in DC government now

jonetta rose barras Jan 7, 2021

DC elected officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser and council Chairman Phil Mendelson, seemed roused by revenue estimates recently released by Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt. The city had enough money in December to instigate an…

Press Release: DDOT Launches Project to Improve Safety in High Crash Area of I-395

Press Release Jan 7, 2021

News Release — District Department of Transportation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2021 Media Contacts: Lauren Stephens Mariam Nabizad Pilot Advances Vision Zero Goals, Prioritizes Transportation Safety in the District…

WTOP: Ex-US Capitol Police chief: ‘I was sickened — there will be a reckoning,’ for takeover

Editor Jan 7, 2021

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said he would expect to be fired, if he were still in charge Wednesday, when rioters broke windows, breached security and traipsed through “the people’s house” during a rally in support of…

Washington Business Journal: Businesses — from Chef Geoff’s to massive corporations — cope…

Editor Jan 7, 2021

The frozen margarita machine was churning and the tacos were ready for assembly at Tortilla Coast on Capitol Hill Wednesday when police suddenly evacuated the longstanding restaurant a block from the Cannon House Office Building and the…

Washington Business Journal: D.C. to stay in state of emergency after pro-Trump mob invades U.S.…

Editor Jan 7, 2021

The District will stay in a state of emergency until Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, after a mob supporting President Donald Trump invaded the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an incident that left four…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: Did you see the law enforcement response to the rioters taking over the…

Editor Jan 7, 2021

Everyone — millions of people — saw this coming.

Washington Post: Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about security failures

Editor Jan 7, 2021

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters on Wednesday was a disastrous failure of security: In a city on high alert, in a building with its own 2,000-officer police department, people forced their way into…

District Links: Insurrection at Capitol leads to over 50 arrests, 4 deaths; unprecedented security…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Jan 7, 2021

Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an extraordinary day for the city and republic. DC officials released those numbers late on Wednesday and said police will…

Washingtonian: Among the MAGAs, One Last Time, on the Streets of DC

Editor Jan 6, 2021

January 6, 2021, a day of infamy—and, before that, banality, nuttiness, menace, and sore feet.

NBC4: DC-Area Leaders React to Rioters Who Breached US Capitol

Editor Jan 6, 2021

"There will be law and order, and this behavior will not be tolerated," Mayor Bowser said

Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson Statement on Today’s Violence at the Capitol

Press Release Jan 6, 2021

News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2021 COUNCILMEMBER AT-LARGE CHRISTINA HENDERSON ON TODAY’S UNLAWFUL RIOTS What happened in the District of Columbia today was…

Press Release: Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie condemns insurrection by Trump supporters at US Capitol

Press Release Jan 6, 2021

News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Contact: Jonathan McNair Washington, DC -- Today, the President of the United States incited a violent insurrection at the…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Issues Mayor’s Order Extending Today’s Public Emergency for 15 Days

Press Release Jan 6, 2021

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2021 CONTACT:LaToya Foster (EOM) – (202) 727-5011; latoya.foster@dc.gov (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, First Amendment protests turned…

Associated Press: Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

Editor Jan 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors.

Associated Press: Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election

Editor Jan 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and…

Washington Post: Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol, with one woman killed and tear gas fired

Editor Jan 6, 2021

As President Trump told a sprawling crowd outside the White House that they should never accept defeat, hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in what amounted to an attempted coup that they hoped would overturn the election…

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jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

Jun 19, 2026 97

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

Jun 18, 2026 17

Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

Jun 17, 2026 13

Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

Jun 16, 2026 6

DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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