Politics

House to vote on independent panel to probe Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON — The House is poised to vote on a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a first step toward creating an independent, bipartisan panel that would investigate the siege and try to prevent it from happening again.

Business

Amid threats to members, House to vote on new security

WASHINGTON — Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, says it took time for him to stop constantly scanning his environment for threats when he returned from war 15 years ago.

Politics

In devotion to Trump, House GOP taps Stefanik for a top post

WASHINGTON — House Republicans elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik to a leadership post Friday, highlighting how the party whose lodestar has long been conservative policies increasingly views allegiance to Donald Trump as its indispensable key to electoral success.

Terrorist attacks

House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — The House is expected to vote next week on legislation aimed at preventing more attacks on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to establish a 9/11-style commission to study what went wrong on Jan.

Business

Dump Trump? Kicking him off NYC golf course may not be easy

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has a rich history of fighting back when he’s down and making others pay, and that's exactly how he intends to deal with New York City over its plans to fire his company from running a windswept city golf course in the Bronx.

Business

Hoping for unity, GOP set to put Stefanik in top House post

WASHINGTON — Republicans are ready to vault Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership, with the party hoping to turn the page from its searing civil war over the deposed Rep.

Politics

What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — What insurrection?

Business

Judge refuses to free Capitol riot suspect linked to militia

A federal judge refused Thursday to free a Texas man whom authorities have accused of planning an attack on a social media company's facility after he returned home from storming the U.S. Capitol.

Lifestyle

Marine Corps officer arrested for assault in Jan. 6 riot

An active duty Marine Corps officer seen on camera scuffling with a police officer and helping other members of the pro-Trump mob force their way into the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been charged in the riot, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Politics

Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers

WASHINGTON — A House hearing about what went wrong in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege frequently spiraled into partisan shouting matches on Wednesday, with lawmakers more often blaming each other than thoroughly questioning witnesses about the events of the day...

Politics

GOP purged Cheney for ‘unity,’ but Trump bent on retribution

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders insisted that purging Trump critic Rep. Liz Cheney from their ranks was necessary to unify the party ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Liz Cheney

Hearing on Jan. 6 violence exposes stark partisan divisions

WASHINGTON — Republicans sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a rancorous congressional hearing Wednesday, painting the Trump supporters who attacked the building as mostly peaceful patriots and downplaying repeatedly the violence of the day...

Government and politics

The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new info

WASHINGTON — The Latest on congressional testimony about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (all times local):...

Politics

Pentagon chief during Jan. 6 riot defends military response

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's acting defense secretary during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots plans to tell Congress that he was concerned in the days before the insurrection that sending troops to the building would fan fears of a military coup and could cause a repeat of the deadly Kent State shootings, according to a copy of prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press...

Politics

Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police

PHOENIX — Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper sprayed and fallen to the ground as the crowd rushed the building entrance on Jan...