Capitol police

Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-San Diego, was among 35 people — including 17 members of Congress — who were arrested Tuesday during an abortion rights protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C.

Seventeen members of Congress were arrested Tuesday during an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday said 35 people, including 17 Democratic members of Congress, were arrested during a protest that blocked traffic over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards recounted being behind a bike rack and trying to hold back rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “I turned to my sergeant and I stated the understatement of the century. I said, ‘Sarge, we’re going to need a few more people down here.’”

Capitol police officer Caroline Edwards testified before the House committee on her experience defending the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. “I was called Nancy Pelosi’s dog. Called incompetent. Called a hero, and a villain. I was called a traitor to my country, to my oath, and my constitution.”

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday apologized for its failure to notify Capitol Police about a parachute stunt at Nationals Park that led to an urgent evacuation of the U.S. Capitol. “The FAA’s initial review of the circumstances surrounding Wednesday night’s parachute demonstration by the U.S. Army Golden Knights at Nationals Park showed that we did not provide advance notification of this...

Guy Wesley Reffitt told U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich that he won’t be testifying at his trial on charges that he stormed the Capitol while armed with a holstered handgun and interfered with police.

The fence is the same barrier that remained around the Capitol for months after the Jan. 6 riot and during the “Justice for J6” rally.

U.S. Capitol Police were ill-prepared for the thousands of protesters who descended on Capitol Hill during last year’s insurrection. Are they better off now?

The Capitol Police chief is about to gain new authority to request help from the National Guard.

The Department of Justice has released new video from the U.S. Capitol showing protesters attacking police as they tried to secure two doors to keep people out of the building. 

A U.S. Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction of justice in the Jan. 6 riot investigation has resigned from the force, his attorneys said Friday. The officer, a 25-year veteran named Michael Angelo Riley, was placed on administrative leave earlier this month after he was arrested for allegedly encouraging a pro-Trump rioter who’d stormed the Capitol to delete incriminating Facebook posts. Riley has...

A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A Capitol Police whistleblower sent a letter to Congressional leaders late last month accusing the agency’s two senior leaders of mishandling intelligence surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The North Carolina man accused of a bomb threat that shuttered Capitol Hill last month pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, as a judge ruled him competent to proceed in the case after adjustments were made to his medication regimen.

The Justice for J6 protest in D.C. this weekend is set to bring supporters of Jan. 6 defendants amid heightened security around the U.S. Capitol.

Law enforcement leaders from Capitol and Metro police and Homeland Security issued warnings on Friday ahead of the Sept. 18 protest planned at the U.S. Capitol: “Our mission tomorrow is as our mission everyday, and that is to protect everyone’s rights to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate… [but] we’re not going to tolerate violence and we...

Tall, black fences reinforced with concrete barriers are encircling the U.S. Capitol, a key security measure before a rally that has law enforcement on high alert. The Justice for J6 rally is planned for Saturday outside the Capitol. The rally is in support of the rioters who violently stormed the building on Jan. 6. Trucks carrying concrete barriers and tall…

U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot are suing former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups

An inspector general’s report says U.S. Capitol Police did not properly respond to officers’ use of an emergency notification system on Jan. 6,  and there are no records that most calls were simulcast over the radio or that a watch commander was even aware of at least some of them