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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) penned an op-ed for Fox News on Wednesday that called for the removal of National Guard troops from Washington, DC, following the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by hundreds of protesters, including many wearing MAGA hats and carrying Trump flags, has led one academic to speculate that non-white people who associate with conservative or right-wing movements represent “multi-racial whiteness.”

Federal prosecutors charged a Texas man with tweeting a call to assassinate U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. The man allegedly tweeted multiple times from inside the Capitol including one where he wrote, “Assassinate AOC.”

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL), who is also a National Guard Col., said he wants to know what is the justification for the large National Guard presence in D.C. and

Nearly 200 National Guard members who deployed to DC have either tested positive for COVID-19 or are quarantining in nearby hotels.

Keating said he confronted maskless National Guard troops, but said it had nothing to do with the relocation of them to a parking garage.

A Los Angeles Times columnist wants President Joe Biden to seat a commission to investigate “MAGA terrorists” and the attack on the Capitol.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said former President Donald Trump might be an “accessory to murder” in conjunction with the riots at the U.S. Capitol this month.

A left-wing group that claims to represent true Christian values launched a petition on Saturday asking for evangelical leader Franklin Graham to lose his job because he supported President Donald Trump.

At least two members of the National Guard have been removed after the FBI’s vetting of the troops deployed in Washington, DC.

With a matter of hours to go until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Washington, D.C., including the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol, remain on lockdown after riots broke out inside the Capitol earlier this month. The lockdown atmosphere has a “creepy” vibe to it, according to freshman Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL).

The Rev. Michael Eric Dyson said on Sunday that American exceptionalism is just a worship of white supremacy and should be abandoned.

China’s state-run propaganda outlet Global Times concluded in an opinion column Sunday that the vast majority of Americans assume their state will soon collapse.

The federal government has constructed security walls and fencing across Washington, DC, in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s inauguration on January 20, even as both are opposed to such barriers at the nation’s international borders.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that there wasn’t enough security during last week’s Capitol riot “and now we’re going to become a militarized zone.”

Michael Sherwin, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said Friday that there is no “direct evidence” to suggest rioters planned to capture or assassinate lawmakers during last week’s deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol. 

Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) warns that there could be an ulterior motive behind the media and Democrats’ push to play up last week’s incident at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The more than 25,000 law enforcment personnel that are being deployed in D.C. is five times the number of military in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Megan Rapinoe, captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, said that the people who attacked the Capitol were a ‘white supremacy mob.’

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” NRSC Chair Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said that President Donald Trump should and could have had a faster response to the riot that took place at the U.S. Capitol on

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said that President Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday about the riot at the U.S. Capitol is “what we wanted to hear on Wednesday,” the day that the

The DOJ and the FBI are scouring the country for what it says are more than 170 suspects in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A member of the Florida legislature is urging the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, to divest taxpayer funds from technology giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter for attempting to “silence tens of millions good, patriotic Americans.”

Federal law enforcement is investigating police officers in D.C. and in other states for allegedly participating in the Capitol protest.

Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech was “not even close” to incitement to violence, said Alan Dershowitz. Ilya Shapiro said it was “impeachable.”

Supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to steal a gun from a D.C. police officer and use it against him during last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to the police chief. The officer was said to be “very shaken, very appalled, very angry” after being released from the hospital, the chief said.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton described last Wednesday’s “attack on the Capitol” as a function of “white-supremacist grievances fueled by Donald Trump.”

Rep. Slotkin is asking military leaders to allow U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

China’s state-run Global Times declared in an article Sunday that President Donald Trump’s permanent removal from the social media outlet Twitter was proof “freedom of speech does have political and ethical boundaries” in its “true essence.”

Iran’s PressTV state propaganda outlet featured a headline at the top of its page on Monday morning condemning the U.S. Capitol riot last week, reading, “Trump’s Trailer Trash Tramples ‘Temple of Democracy.'”

At least four police officers from across the country were placed on administrative leave for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday.

Curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are collecting items from Wednesday’s protest and siege on the U.S. Capitol for its political and military history division.

Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight posted a powerful and uplifting video on Saturday addressing the nation, thanking the president, and urging Americans to “rise and look to a better future.”

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) discussed the riot at the Capitol and stated that despite the violence, America’s Constitution held and there will be a peaceful transfer of power. Transcript as Follows: “Fellow Citizens, I’m speaking

The DOJ said this week four men from four states have been arrested and face charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said that Capitol Police should have asked for support sooner than they did and they are the only law enforcement entity responsible for