Why Didn't The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection? The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.
About 20,000 National Guard Members To Deploy For Inauguration, Officials Say "I think you can expect to see somewhere upwards of beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia," D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said.
State Capitols Tighten Security Amid Threat Of Armed Protests Ahead Of Inauguration The FBI is warning of protests and potential violence at all 50 state capitols ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. On Wednesday, Trump urged that there be no violence of any kind.
How Police Handled Pro-Trump Mob Compared With Protesters For Black Racial Justice The way police handled Wednesday's onslaught showed that "some people are ... given certain kinds of leeway or space, and other people are not," says African American studies professor Eddie Glaude.
States Also See Protests — And Angry Responses — to D.C. Violence While local police reported some arrests, many of the rallies remained peaceful.
Trump Supporters Clash With Police, Storm Capitol Building The president addressed the crowd gathered to protest Biden's win and afterward, his supporters pushed past barriers onto the Capitol grounds. Armed police rushed in to tackle them.
Chinese Court Sentences 10 Hong Kong Democracy Activists To Prison Terms The activists were intercepted as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat. Two people accused of organizing the trip got the stiffest penalties, two and three years in prison.
KUOW Newsroom ‘As a police officer, I have to be able to say I am sorry’ 'Every one of these situations, you could see yourself there.'
Under threat of sweep, Seattle protesters defend houseless encampment at Cal Anderson Park As Seattle police readied to clear Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, protesters also lined the park where a tent encampment has grown over the past few months. The sweep never came.
Protesters on the left and right clash in Olympia, one person is shot For the second Saturday in a row, a gun was fired as groups of protesters from opposing ends of the political spectrum clashed in Olympia.
