Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot
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The AP’s team of photographers captured the chaos of Jan. 6, 2021, from a variety of vantage points:
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As the Capitol attack unfolded one year ago, nine AP photographers shot hundreds of photos that documented the shocking events. Here are 30 of those images.
On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, here's a few other top headlines for today.
Stewart Rhodes and 10 other people also were charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
Newer strains of far-right movements fueled by conspiracy theories, misogyny and anti-vaccine proponents contributed to a rise in killings by domestic extremists in the U.S., report says.
A judge nixed efforts by former President Trump to toss conspiracy lawsuits, saying Trump's words "plausibly" may have led to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Increasingly, lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol lay out possible crimes related to the day's violent attack by Trump supporters looking to derail Joe Biden's election. Take a look at what's possible.
As voters ready for this year's elections, officials and voting rights advocates are bracing for a repeat of the misinformation that overwhelmed the 2020 election.
The Jan. 6 committee is winding down its investigation. But first, members are debating whether to call in former President Trump and former Vice President Pence.
A congressional committee’s hearings on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are coming up, and the public has been told to expect revelations.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, and four others linked to the group are charged in the latest indictment against them. All five were previously charged with different conspiracy counts.
Watch live as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection plans to unveil as-yet-unreleased video, audio and a mass of evidence in its prime-time hearing.
Panel members worked to lay out a devastating case as they tried to tell the story of how a riot unfolded at the Capitol as Congress certified election results.
An aide testified Donald Trump was told that people rallying on Jan. 6 had weapons but he told officials to "let my people in" and sent the crowd to the Capitol.
A new poll shows about half of Americans say former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in what happened on Jan. 6.
Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump's former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the Jan. 6 committee, a source says.
The Jan. 6 committee will focus on what Donald Trump was doing in the White House as the violence unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. Watch live here.
No time to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearing tonight? Get the takeaways and recap here.
The panel voted unanimously to compel the former president to appear.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News…
The song is simple and tinny, but that hasn't stopped it from being embraced by former President Donald Trump and his allies in their campaign to rewrite the history of the deadly Capitol riot.
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted on Thursday of orchestrating a plot for members of his far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol.
A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The sentence for Dominic Pezzola is the latest handed down after leaders of the group were convicted of spearheading an attack aimed at preventing the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.
Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended Congress that day is nowhere to be found.

