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Flags to fly at full-staff for inauguration

Trump inauguration moved inside the Capitol due to freezing temperatures

President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will take place in the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously low temperatures.

USA Today · 12h

8 states to raise flags to full-staff for Trump's inauguration. Is Wisconsin one of them?

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

Reuters · 3d

US Capitol flags to fly at full-staff for Trump's inauguration, House Speaker says

Flags at the U.S. Capitol will fly at full-staff "to celebrate our country coming together" for incoming president Donald Trump's inauguration, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post on X on Tuesday.

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New Haven Register · 12h

These 13 CT residents were charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot as Trump dangles pardons for ‘many’ involved

A total of 13 Connecticut residents were arrested in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and some of them may receive a pardon when Donald Trump takes office.

CNN · 6h

Judges sentence January 6 Capitol rioters, fully aware a Trump pardon could spare them

On the last day of federal court before Donald Trump takes office, the judge who presided over the president-elect’s now-dismissed criminal January 6, 2021, case told a defendant who admitted to disorderly conduct that day that he may be the last US Capitol rioter she’ll sentence.

Kansas City Star · 20h

On 4th anniversary of Capitol riot, Jan. 6 defendants hopeful for pardons from Trump

As President, he would have the legal authority to pardon any or all of those charged, at whatever stage their cases are.”

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Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power

WASHINGTON — Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find. Scars on the walls have been ...

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Capitol Notebook: Ernst push to close migrant crime ‘loophole’ gains traction in Senate

Legislation named after an Iowan killed in a drunken driving crash by an immigrant who was not legally authorized to be in ...

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President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol through Thursday

United States Capitol Police are asking the people who wish to attend Carter's public viewing to be prepared for the cold weather and take into consideration the following: Flowers, sealed ...

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Jimmy Carter memorial: Suspect accused in Capitol Hill security breach during Trump visit identified

Capitol police have identified the 35-year-old man accused of trying to light his spray-painted car on fire near where former President Carter was lying in state.

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Severe cold forces Trump inauguration indoors, first time in 40 years

The last time an inauguration was moved indoors because of the bitter cold was in 1985 for former Republican President Ronald Reagan's second swearing-in when the afternoon wind chill fell into the ra ...