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Washington resident sentenced to 55 months for participating in Jan 6 event

Pruitt entered illegally on the restricted grounds of the Northwest Lawn and then followed a group advanced up the stairs to the Upper West Terrace by using a piece of fencing

US Prez Joe Biden appoints new Secret Service director amid Jan 6 scrutiny

President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, to be the agency's next director as it faces controversy over missing text messages around the time thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol. Cheatle, who left the Secret Service in 2021 for a job as a security executive at PepsiCo, takes the reins as multiple congressional committees and the Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog are investigating the missing text messages, which the Secret Service has said were purged during a technology transition. Cheatle had served in the Secret Service for 27 years and was the first woman to be named assistant director of protective operations, the division that provides protection to the president and other dignitaries. Cheatle had served on Biden's protective detail when he was vice president. During that time, Biden "came to trust" her judgment and counsel, he said in a statement. Biden said that her and

Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets more than seven years in prison

A Texas man convicted of storming the US Capitol with a holstered handgun, helmet and body armour was sentenced to more than seven years in prison

Bipartisan group of senatoers pushing bill to restore abortion rights

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade

US House approves law to protect same-sex marriage, retort to high court

The US House approved legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardise other rights

Secret Service texts on Jan 6 riots day erased despite Congress' request

Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the US Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved, the agency confirmed

Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package

Biden told Democrats to quickly push the measure through Congress so families could sleep easier" and enjoy the health care savings it proposes

Trump fought top officials' strong objections, says Jan 6 riots panel

In a heated, unhinged dispute, Donald Trump fought objections from his White House lawyers to a plan, eventually discarded, to seize states' voting machines, the House Jan 6 committee revealed

Jan 6 riots committee probes 'unhinged' meeting, Trump rally call

The Jan 6 committee divulged details of an unhinged late night meeting at the White House with defeated President Donald Trump's outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines

Capitol riot hearing to extend till July as investigation deepens: Chairman

The House's January 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens

Trump 'detached from reality' over election, says Jan 6 riots witness

Trump's closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan 6, but he was becoming detached from reality

Jan 6 riots panel to hear Trump campaign manager, probe election lie

The House committee investigating the Jan 6 riot is delving deeper into what it calls the big lie, Trump's false claims of voter fraud that led a mob of his supporters to lay siege to the US Capitol

Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump: Jan 6 violence panelists

Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against Donald Trump

Proud Boys documentarian to be among first Jan. 6 witnesses in US attack

Federal authorities have linked more than three dozen people charged in the Capitol siege to the Proud Boys

Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan 2021 Capitol riot

The former top leader of the Proud Boys and other members were charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the US Capitol last year in January

US lawmakers seek pathway to citizenship for documented 'dreamers'

A group of eminent Democratic lawmakers rejuvenated their push to provide a pathway to citizenship to some 250,000 documented 'dreamers', a significant majority of whom are Indian Americans.

Congressmen attend launch of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' event at US Capitol

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called on the community leaders to help elect other Indian Americans to the US Congress and other elected bodies as well

Russian oligarchs to be targeted in aid package for Ukraine: US lawmaker

"Ukraine needs all the help it can get and, at the same time, we need all the assets we can put together to give Ukraine the aid it needs," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said

US House panel: Justice Dept 'obstructing' Donald Trump records probe

A congressional oversight committee said the Justice Department is obstructing its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records

January 6 riots panel puts Garland in 'precarious' spot, ups pressure

Lawmakers investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message