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Capitol Police detained a production team for ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,’ including Robert Smigel, the man behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, for alleged unlawful entry.

Parents, survivors and lawmakers gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to call for immediate action to end what they say is a culture of gun violence in the United States.

Parents, survivors and lawmakers gathered outside of the US Capitol calling for immediate action to end what they call a “culture” of gun violence in the U.S. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with an 18-year-old survivor of a high school shooting about the trauma she’s still experiencing.

A woman accused of driving under the influence crashed into a barrier near the U.S. Supreme Court early Saturday, and a good Samaritan and officer rescued her and a passenger after her car burst into flames, authorities say.  Zoe Williams, 22, of Maryland, was charged with driving under the influence, U.S. Capitol Police said. It wasn’t clear if she...

President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday is expected to draw protesters to the Washington, D.C., area, including a convoy of truckers.

The U.S. Capitol is fenced off, security is on alert and roads will close as authorities prepare for a protest and President Biden’s State of the Union address tonight in Washington D.C. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

News4’s Mark Segraves reports how D.C. authorities are preparing ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address.

The fencing around the U.S. Capitol is back up for the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday

Over the weekend, crews installed fencing and jersey walls to restrict access to the U.S. Capitol ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Since the grounds reopened after the Jan. 6 riot, there’s been the constant caveat that there would be times to fence them in again. Now, the possibility of protests by a trucker’s convoy has brought out the temporary infrastructure of jersey walls and metal barriers. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Matthew Beddingfield, of North Carolina, was first identified by online sleuths two months after the Jan. 6 attack.

A Florida man photographed carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection has pleaded guilty for his part in the riot

An independent review has concluded that the Defense Department and its top leaders acted appropriately before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports

Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol

Two friends from Ohio have been sentenced to 45 days in jail for storming the U.S. Capitol together in January.

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed four advisers and associates to former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him as hundreds of his followers violently broke into the building and tried to overturn his defeat.

The fence around the Capitol is back up. The D.C. police department is at the ready, and U.S. Capitol Police have requested assistance from nearby law enforcement agencies.

Law enforcement leaders from Capitol and Metro police and Homeland Security issued warnings on Friday ahead of the Sept. 18 protest planned at the U.S. Capitol: “Our mission tomorrow is as our mission everyday, and that is to protect everyone’s rights to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate… [but] we’re not going to tolerate violence and we...

Chief of U.S. Capitol Police J. Thomas Manger said they are concerned about potential violence between counter demonstrators and rally participants.