# capitol-hill - Yesterday’s News
# Insurrection
# Insurrection
The then-president tried to take the steering wheel from his Secret Service driver in a bid to join the crowd, the aide said.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 6 April, 2022
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
Ivanka Trump is one of more than 800 witnesses the committee has interviewed as it works to compile a record of the attack.
# capitol-hill - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Mark Meadows
# Mark Meadows
A report found that Mark Meadows sent an email on 5 January saying the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro-Trump people.”
# capitol-hill - Friday 10 December, 2021
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
The appeals court agreed with a lower court ruling that President Joe Biden could waive executive privilege on the records.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Crisis Averted
# Crisis Averted
Democratic leaders had spent weeks underlining the havoc that a default would have wrought.
# capitol-hill - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Washington
# Washington
Authorities say that attack did not appear to be terrorism.
# capitol-hill - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Qanon
# Qanon
A Swiss startup said it had used its algorithm-based software, developed to detect plagiarism, to help crack QAnon.
# capitol-hill - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Nancy Pelosi
# Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi said there was “strong interest” in Congress for a 9/11-style investigation of the attack on the Capitol.
# capitol-hill - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Capitol Hill
A four-page impeachment bill says Trump "gravely endangered the security of the United States". A "technical error" on a US government website temporarily said that Trump had left office. Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has resigned amid concerns of more violence at Biden's inauguration.
# capitol-hill - Saturday 9 January, 2021
# Capitol Riot
# Capitol Riot
Most have been charged with illegal entry into restricted buildings of Congress and violent or disorderly conduct.
# capitol-hill - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Riots
# Riots
The deputy national security adviser and the first lady’s chief of staff have also resigned.
# Capitol Hill
Trump said he will facilitate "an orderly transition", but will also continue to fight the election result. Some Republicans raised objections to accepting votes from states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, but overwhelmingly lost those votes. At least three Republican senators said they were now accepting electoral votes after the Capitol Hill riot.
# capitol-hill - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the panel was giving evidence at her confirmation hearing.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
Cohen has been testifying before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee today.
# capitol-hill - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
Trump was at Congress to attend a weekly Republican luncheon and push his proposal for sweeping tax cuts.
# capitol-hill - Tuesday 29 March, 2016
# Washington
# Washington
A female bystander suffered what police said appeared to be minor injuries and was hospitalised.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 16 March, 2016
# Not Tonight Mate
# Not Tonight Mate
The Sinn Féin president was left waiting for 90 minutes by security personnel checking his documents, before deciding to leave.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Emigrants
# Emigrants
The Tánaiste will also discuss the establishment of a visa regime for future legal migration between Ireland and the US.
# capitol-hill - Friday 14 March, 2014
# Capitol Hill
# Capitol Hill
Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald held meetings with US politicians at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on the issue.
# capitol-hill - Tuesday 29 October, 2013
# Spying
# Spying
The CodePink protestors sat behind the National Security Agency’s chief at hearings today.
# capitol-hill - Saturday 5 October, 2013
# Us Shutdown
# Us Shutdown
The negotiations had been due to begin in Brussels next week.
# capitol-hill - Friday 27 September, 2013
# Stalemate
# Stalemate
Many agencies have been mandated to begin shutting their doors unless a deal can be reached by midnight on Monday.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
# America
# America
The letter addressed to a Senator from Mississippi was intercepted before it could be delivered to him.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
# Hillary Clinton
# Hillary Clinton
Emotional at times, Clinton said the events in Benghazi were highly personal to her.
# capitol-hill - Sunday 20 January, 2013
# Four More Years
# Four More Years
The second term always begins on January 20 – even though the ceremonial inauguration won’t take place until tomorrow.
# Inauguration
# Inauguration
Tradition dictates that inauguration ceremonies are not held on Sundays but the US constitution says that a president must be sworn in on 20 January.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
# USA! USA! USA!
# USA! USA! USA!
Enda Kenny met with congressional leaders and presented President Obama with a bowl of shamrock as his US trip drew to a close.
# capitol-hill - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
# SOTU
# SOTU
The president is addressing the US Congress for the last time before the autumn election.
# capitol-hill - Monday 9 January, 2012
# White House
# White House
Bill Daley, the Irish-American former commerce secretary, quits after just 355 days as Barack Obama’s right-hand man.
# capitol-hill - Thursday 29 September, 2011
# The Onion
From The Daily Edge
# The Onion
A ‘news story’, tweets and now a video falsely claim there is a hostage situation involving young children at the United States Congress building in Washington. It has not gone down well in some quarters.
# capitol-hill - Tuesday 28 June, 2011
# Scandal
# Scandal
Watergate and other political scandals that have rocked the US, and the world.
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