Trump administration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol
Read full article: Trump administration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in CapitolThe Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.
US reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought over Ashli Babbitt's shooting during Capitol riot
Read full article: US reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought over Ashli Babbitt's shooting during Capitol riotLawyers say the Trump administration has reached a preliminary agreement to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.
Texas winery operator sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for storming US Capitol
Read full article: Texas winery operator sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison for storming US CapitolA Texas winery operator has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and joining an attack on the House chamber when police shot and killed another rioter.
2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold
Read full article: 2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokeholdRepublican presidential hopefuls have rushed to support Daniel Penny, a white U.S. Marine veteran who was caught on video pinning an agitated Black subway passenger to the floor in a fatal chokehold.
Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story
Read full article: Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex storyFormer President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray the woman who was shot by a police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a righteous martyr who was unjustly killed.
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Fence returning to Capitol amid 'online chatter' about rally
Read full article: Fence returning to Capitol amid 'online chatter' about rallyCongressional security officials have approved the reinstallation of a temporary fence around the Capitol as they prepare for a Saturday rally in defense of the insurrectionists who stormed the building on Jan. 6.
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Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting
Read full article: Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shootingPolice say an officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb through the broken part of a door leading into an area known as the Speaker’s Lobby acted lawfully and in line with police policy.
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The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new info
Read full article: The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new infoA House hearing on the federal response to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has concluded after more than five hours of testimony that exposed stark partisan divisions.
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Prosecutors: No charges for officer in Capitol riot shooting
Read full article: Prosecutors: No charges for officer in Capitol riot shootingFederal prosecutors won’t charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Videos show fatal shooting during rampage at the Capitol
Read full article: Videos show fatal shooting during rampage at the CapitolMinutes before the shooting Wednesday, the large crowd of angry pro-Trump loyalists, one carrying an American flag, taunted several police officers officers whose backs were to the barricaded doors. Then, in one of the videos, the officers who'd been guarding the doors into the Speaker's Lobby are seen moving away from the entry. One of them raises his weapon toward the Lobby doors and then quickly lowers it. The inside of the Speaker's Lobby appears to be mostly empty at that point, and chairs have been stacked against the doors on the inside. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died Thursday night from injuries suffered during the riot.
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Videos show fatal shooting during rampage at the Capitol
Read full article: Videos show fatal shooting during rampage at the CapitolMinutes before the shooting Wednesday, the large crowd of angry pro-Trump loyalists, one carrying an American flag, taunted several police officers officers whose backs were to the barricaded doors. Then, in one of the videos, the officers who'd been guarding the doors into the Speaker's Lobby are seen moving away from the entry. One of them raises his weapon toward the Lobby doors and then quickly lowers it. The inside of the Speaker's Lobby appears to be mostly empty at that point, and chairs have been stacked against the doors on the inside. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died Thursday night from injuries suffered during the riot.
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4 victims who died during siege of US Capitol identified by Washington DC police
Read full article: 4 victims who died during siege of US Capitol identified by Washington DC policeViolent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)WASHINGTON – Four people who died during a siege of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday have been identified by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C.One woman, identified as 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, died of a gunshot wound, police said. Media reports have said she was an Air Force veteran and avid supporter of President Donald Trump. A U.S. Capitol Police officer shot Babbitt as rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol on the day Congress met to confirm Joe Biden as the presidential election winner. Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner before dawn Thursday.
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Woman fatally shot at Capitol echoed Trump on social media
Read full article: Woman fatally shot at Capitol echoed Trump on social mediaBabbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. Capitol Police on Thursday identified Babbitt, 35, as the woman who was fatally shot by an unidentified officer. “Mask Free Autonomous Zone Better Known as America," read a large sign on the front door of a pool service business she ran with her husband in Spring Valley, near San Diego. No one answered the door Thursday at the business or the couple's home, a modest duplex in San Diego. Babbitt’s ex-husband, Timothy McEntee, called her a “wonderful woman with a big heart and a strong mind” in an email to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Woman killed during mob on US Capitol was an Air Force veteran, staunch Trump supporter, reports say
Read full article: Woman killed during mob on US Capitol was an Air Force veteran, staunch Trump supporter, reports saySupporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)A woman who was shot and killed as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was an Air Force veteran from California, according to media reports. The woman was shot as the mob tried to break through a barricaded door in the Capitol where police were armed on the other side. “Nothing will stop us....they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours....dark to light,” said a Tweet from Tuesday. Police said both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during the siege before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement.