U.S. Capitol Police

U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit on Aug. 26 against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of intentionally sending a violent mob on Jan. 6 to disrupt the congressional certification of the election.

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A Capitol Police officer has died after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The man who opened fire on Congress members as they practiced for a charity baseball game was an ardent supporter of liberal Senator Bernie Sanders - who said he was "sickened" by the "despicable act."

A gunman believed to be a supporter of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sprayed a hail of bullets at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning, injuring House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others before U.S. Capitol Police took down the rifle-wielding assailant.

Authorities have cleared the area near the U.S. Capitol complex on Tuesday morning after an unattended package was found just minutes after the center reopened.

A Florida man was arrested after he landed his small helicopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on April 15, police said, violating restricted airspace and causing a security scare.