Biden launch and news from the capital city: live updates

[ad_1] Barbed wire is installed atop a security fence surrounding the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Friday, January 15. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images Days before the violent insurgency on the U.S. Capitol, the then U.S. sergeant-at-arms sent a memo to members of Congress banning tours of buildings on January 6, the … Read more

Pelosi: Members of Congress risk prosecution if they aided riots

[ad_1] House of Commons Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that members of Congress could face prosecution if an investigation shows they were complicit in the Capitol riots. “If they aided and abetted the crime, there may be action taken beyond Congress in terms of prosecuting it,” Pelosi said at a press conference. Pelosi also … Read more

GOP Senator Lankford Apologizes to Black Voters for their Efforts to Run for Election

[ad_1] Republican Senator James Lankford, Oklahoma, wrote a letter on Thursday apologizing to black voters for failing to realize how his efforts to challenge the election results would be viewed. In a letter to “My friends from North Tulsa,” the senator said he deeply regretted his “blindness” to how his electoral challenges might be viewed … Read more

Senate Democrats punish Hawley and Cruz for objections to election

[ad_1] Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Joined growing calls for censorship from Hawley and Cruz this week, but said the sanctions under consideration should also extend to the six other GOP senators who have joined them to oppose the election results, including Sens. Rick Scott from Florida and Tommy Tuberville from Alabama. Although the others were … Read more

Private jetsetter that stormed the Capitol has been arrested

[ad_1] The woman who went viral for taking a private plane to President Donald Trump’s “Stop The Steal” rally on January 6 before being photographed at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested. Jenna Ryan, who owns a real estate company called Jenna Ryan Realty in Frisco, Texas, posted a 21-minute video on her Facebook account … Read more

MTA bus dives 50 feet, swings off overpass after crash

[ad_1] The footage looked like something from a movie: an articulated public bus suspended over a highway overpass in the Bronx, passengers trapped inside. But the spooky scene that unfolded Thursday night was all too real after the driver lost control of the bus as it turned left onto a freeway slip road, officials said. … Read more