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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the Department of Homeland Security to intensify its security planning for the upcoming inauguration after last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

Concerned the president might invoke the Insurrection Act to commandeer the city police, DC council members never expected an assault on the Capitol itself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 on video. They mortally wounded another officer with a blunt…

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking increased security around President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration in the wake of the mob insurrection at the Capitol.

In a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested several measures to limit the chance that the violence seen at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 repeats itself.

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 for the possibility that the planned protests could escalate into…

Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest.

Navy vet David Smith founded Continue to Serve after watching federal forces tear gas peaceful protesters. Now, his group is helping to clean after the Capitol riot.

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund stepped down from his post on Friday, days earlier than he said would following a deadly breach of the Capitol complex by a mob supporting President Trump.

In a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested several measures to limit the chance that the violence seen at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 repeats itself.

The streets of downtown D.C. were quiet Saturday afternoon, just three days after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

The growing crowds outside the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon sounded menacing but at bay as senators began to debate challenges to the electoral college vote. A top adviser to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped out of the ornate…

District of Columbia statehood has long been out of reach. Proponents hope Democratic control of the federal government and the security issues raised over the past week could change that.

Twitter cited dangerous talk and online planning in banning Trump’s account

Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.

“The real fraud is that we call ourselves a democracy yet deny the people of our capital political representation.”

Security swallowed Washington’s public spaces so its protectors could stop a real threat. They couldn’t.

There is no firm definition of a cave-dweller.

The Capitol was in the early stages of a siege by President Trump’s supporters Wednesday when D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III arrived. His officers had been called in as backup, but the U.S. Capitol Police, the federal agency in…

Metro officials say they expect to receive $610 million in aid from the federal stimulus package that was signed into law last month, staving off some service cuts and possible layoffs that were proposed to address a significant decrease…