WASHINGTON, D.C. — A calm on Capitol Hill greeted the nation on Thursday after the unprecedented events, involving rioters storming the U.S. Capitol as a joint session of Congress met to count the ...

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Dozens of people were arrested after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol and forced Congress to stop counting Electoral College votes affirming Joe Biden as president-elect in a chaotic scene of ...

After a mob of pro-Trump protesters breached the U.S. Capitol through a broken window on Jan. 6, 2021, a lone Capitol Police officer, Eugene Goodman, diverted the group away from the Senate chamber.