# Capitol Hill

Last year

2022

Investigators demand Trump testifies about US Capitol Hill riot

Lawmakers say the former president was the “central cause” of a coordinated effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Oct 21st 2022, 9:35 PM

# insurrection

Trump tried to force limo to Capitol Hill on day of 6 January riot, aide testifies

The then-president tried to take the steering wheel from his Secret Service driver in a bid to join the crowd, the aide said.

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Jun 28th 2022, 9:45 PM

# Capitol Hill

Ivanka Trump gives evidence to Congress panel investigating 6 January attack

Ivanka Trump is one of more than 800 witnesses the committee has interviewed as it works to compile a record of the attack.

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Apr 6th 2022, 7:24 AM

All time

# Mark Meadows

US Capitol riot panel moves to hold Trump aide in contempt

A report found that Mark Meadows sent an email on 5 January saying the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro-Trump people.”

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Dec 13th 2021, 10:58 PM

# Capitol Hill

US court rejects Trump bid to keep Capitol riot documents secret

The appeals court agreed with a lower court ruling that President Joe Biden could waive executive privilege on the records.

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Dec 10th 2021, 8:15 AM

# crisis averted

US Congress averts default with stop-gap debt limit hike

Democratic leaders had spent weeks underlining the havoc that a default would have wrought.

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Oct 13th 2021, 7:53 AM

# Washington

Police officer dies after man drove a car into barricade at US Capitol in Washington DC

Authorities say that attack did not appear to be terrorism.

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Apr 2nd 2021, 8:12 PM

# qanon

Swiss tech sleuths claim two people at the origin QAnon conspiracy

A Swiss startup said it had used its algorithm-based software, developed to detect plagiarism, to help crack QAnon.

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Jan 17th 2021, 3:29 PM

# Nancy Pelosi

House Republicans who helped Capitol Hill rioters could be prosecuted - Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi said there was “strong interest” in Congress for a 9/11-style investigation of the attack on the Capitol.

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Jan 16th 2021, 7:45 AM

# Capitol Hill

US House of Representatives to consider Trump impeachment

Trump faces a charge of incitement of insurrection.

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.

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Jan 11th 2021, 10:44 PM

# Capitol Riot

Fifteen people charged over Capitol violence as police release images to public

Most have been charged with illegal entry into restricted buildings of Congress and violent or disorderly conduct.

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Jan 9th 2021, 12:22 PM

# Riots

'I can't stay': US envoy to Northern Ireland resigns after pro-Trump rioters storm Capitol Hill

The deputy national security adviser and the first lady’s chief of staff have also resigned.

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Jan 7th 2021, 1:12 PM

# Capitol Hill

US Congress certifies Biden win in wake of pro-Trump supporters storming Capitol Building

The US House and Senate resumed debating Republican challenges to Joe Biden’s election overnight.

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.

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Jan 7th 2021, 8:35 AM

# Capitol Hill

Amy Coney Barrett says Supreme Court must be independent and enforce rule of law

Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the panel was giving evidence at her confirmation hearing.

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Oct 12th 2020, 8:00 PM

# Capitol Hill

'I have fixed things, but I am no longer your fixer, Mr Trump' - Michael Cohen delivers explosive testimony

Cohen has been testifying before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee today.

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Feb 27th 2019, 4:45 PM

# Capitol Hill

Trump gives thumbs-up to protester shouting 'Trump is treason' while throwing Russian flags at him

Trump was at Congress to attend a weekly Republican luncheon and push his proposal for sweeping tax cuts.

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Oct 24th 2017, 10:40 PM

# Washington

Man shot by US police after drawing weapon on Capitol Hill

A female bystander suffered what police said appeared to be minor injuries and was hospitalised.

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Mar 29th 2016, 7:35 AM

# Not tonight mate

Secret Service regrets "administrative input error" that kept Gerry Adams from White House event

The Sinn Féin president was left waiting for 90 minutes by security personnel checking his documents, before deciding to leave.

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Mar 16th 2016, 10:21 PM

# emigrants

Gilmore in Washington to 'highlight plight' of undocumented Irish

The Tánaiste will also discuss the establishment of a visa regime for future legal migration between Ireland and the US.

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Jun 18th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Capitol Hill

Sinn Féin: ‘Undocumented Irish in US just want to live a full life paying their taxes’

Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald held meetings with US politicians at Capitol Hill in Washington DC on the issue.

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Mar 14th 2014, 10:15 PM

# Spying

Photobomb protestors tell the NSA to 'stop spying'

The CodePink protestors sat behind the National Security Agency’s chief at hearings today.

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Oct 29th 2013, 10:01 PM

# us shutdown

Talks on landmark EU - US trade deal postponed as a result of shutdown

The negotiations had been due to begin in Brussels next week.

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Oct 5th 2013, 9:45 AM

# Stalemate

Government closure possible in US as politicians deadlocked over budget

Many agencies have been mandated to begin shutting their doors unless a deal can be reached by midnight on Monday.

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Sep 27th 2013, 8:01 PM

# America

Deadly poison ricin sent in post to US Senator

The letter addressed to a Senator from Mississippi was intercepted before it could be delivered to him.

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Apr 17th 2013, 11:02 AM

# Hillary Clinton

Clinton vows to strengthen US embassy security after Libya attack

Emotional at times, Clinton said the events in Benghazi were highly personal to her.

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Jan 23rd 2013, 6:45 PM

# Four more years

Barack Obama formally begins second term as US President

The second term always begins on January 20 – even though the ceremonial inauguration won’t take place until tomorrow.

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Jan 20th 2013, 5:46 PM

# Inauguration

Obama to be sworn in for his second term today... and tomorrow

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.

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Jan 20th 2013, 11:30 AM

# USA! USA! USA!

In pictures: Taoiseach rounds off US trip with shamrock presentation

Enda Kenny met with congressional leaders and presented President Obama with a bowl of shamrock as his US trip drew to a close.

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Mar 21st 2012, 11:39 AM

# SOTU

Watch live: Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address

The president is addressing the US Congress for the last time before the autumn election.

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Jan 25th 2012, 1:55 AM

# White House

Obama loses second Chief of Staff within 12 months

Bill Daley, the Irish-American former commerce secretary, quits after just 355 days as Barack Obama’s right-hand man.

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Jan 9th 2012, 9:03 PM

# The Onion

Has The Onion gone too far with #CongressHostage story?

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.

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Sep 29th 2011, 7:20 PM

# Scandal

'I'm not a crook': the top 5 US political scandals

Watergate and other political scandals that have rocked the US, and the world.

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Jun 28th 2011, 5:09 PM