Category: Capitol

‘Active Bomb Threat’ Reported Near Library of Congress, Suspect Arrested: Capitol Police

Update as of 3:00 p.m. ET: The suspect, 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry, has been to safely taken into custody, said the U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday afternoon. Video footage taken from the scene appeared to show the D.C. bomb threat suspect get out of his truck and surrender to law enforcement. – The U.S. Capitol Police…


Texas Supreme Court Rules Democrats Absent From State Capitol Can Be Arrested

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s House Democrats can be arrested if they refuse to attend the state Capitol to conduct legislative business. The opinion (pdf) orders district courts to rescind their temporary restraining orders handed to state Democrats who have broken quorum since last month. In July, 52 state House…


Lawyer: Capitol Cop Who Shot Ashli Babbitt ‘Ambushed’ Her on Jan. 6 Without Warning

Kicking off the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot, Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, promised to fully investigate “the facts of what happened on Jan. 6,” calling it “a scene of violence in the citadel of democracy.” But over the next 3½ hours, he and other Democrats, along…


Selfies Lead to Huntington Beach Man’s Arrest in Capitol Breach

LOS ANGELES–A Huntington Beach home remodeling contractor has been arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, including unlawful entry, violent and disorderly conduct, and obstructing Congress, after a fellow member of his church prayer group tipped off the FBI, according to court papers obtained Aug. 2.  Glenn Allen Brooks, 61, allegedly climbed through a broken window…


Republican Members Blast Mask Mandate on House Side of Capitol

Many Republican members of the House of Representatives slammed the reinstatement of the mask mandate and the threat of arrest, asking how science applies when the Senate side is being exempt from the same rule. “What’s interesting, we stand out here in front of the Capitol by the chambers of the House, but as you…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 27)

The first public rally on Capitol Hill since Jan. 6 kicks off, four police officers testify during the Jan. 6 committee’s first hearing, and the first warrant is given for a Texas Democrat who fled the state.


House Democrats Hold First Jan. 6 Hearing, Capitol Police Officers Testify

The select committee formed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) began its first hearing Tuesday into the Jan. 6 Capitol incident. Among Democrats, Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Elaine Luria (D-Va.), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) were appointed to the committee, which is chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). Cheney, the…


GOP Congressmen Schedule News Conference at Justice Department to Demand Answers on Jan. 6 Detainees

Members of Congress who have been pressing federal law enforcement officials unsuccessfully for months about the conditions and treatment of hundreds of Jan. 6 Capitol riot detainees will take their case to the doors of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday. They also want to know why federal law enforcement authorities were warned weeks…


Texas Man Arrested for Assault on MPD Officers During US Capitol Breach

A Texas man was arrested in Houston by the FBI on Friday for allegedly being connected with the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, authorities announced. Andrew Taake, 32, of Houston, is facing multiple federal offenses that include assault, resisting arrest/impeding officers, and obstruction of an official proceeding, among several other federal charges, according to…


[Premiering at 5PM today] Jan 6 Commission DOA

First off, this was not an insurrection. This is a word dragged out by Nancy, the Dems, and the media, to make this sound as the worst thing possible. It was terrible. Should not have happened. There should have been more police/guards around (stopped by Nancy to insure a problem?). What this was, a bunch…