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Deputy Editor of the Military Times warns that extremism in the U.S. military “has been an issue for quite some time,” as concerns grow after the Capitol riot.

Dozens of people have already been arrested and prosecutors across the U.S. have vowed to bring to justice others who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, sending lawmakers into hiding as they began their work to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory

Former FBI special agent Erroll Southers explains why the behavior of some law enforcement during Wednesday’s siege on the U.S. Capitol invoked memories of Charlottesville and Kenosha.

“I didn’t vote for Trump in ’16. I voted for him in this past election in November. Today, I’m sorry I did that,” investor Nelson Peltz told CNBC.

NBC News’ presidential historian Michael Beschloss explained why he characterized Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill as a “terrorist attack.”

Capitol buildings in multiple states were shut down or security around them was bolstered Wednesday in response to local protests and the chaos around Capitol Hill in Washington, NBC News reports. Precautionary measures were taken in Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. Meanwhile, rioters invaded Congress, roaming Senate halls and occupying lawmakers’…

“The United States and the U.S. Congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Wednesday. “We’ve never been deterred before, and we will not be deterred today.”

A group of pro-Trump rioters swarmed news crew equipment outside the U.S. Capitol and destroyed it on Wednesday.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke out to condemn the far-right violence at the Capitol Building and urged all residents in the area to remain indoors.

The tweets come just hours after Trump led a rally before Congress was set to begin the process of confirming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

A Slate journalist captured the moment protesters attempted to break into the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday by smashing the glass window panes of a door.

President Donald Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden’s America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would swallow communities should the former vice president win the White House in November

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House are asking for federal inspectors general to investigate federal law enforcement involvement in trying to quell nightly protests in Portland, Oregon, and other cities

After recommending governors deploy more National Guard troops Monday, President Donald Trump said he would take action if states didn’t heed the suggestion. “I will deploy the U.S. military and quickly solve the problem for them,” he said.

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested. Chauvin was seen on camera with his knee in the neck of George Floyd who later died.

Protests fueled by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody, continued for a third night in Minneapolis

Protesters defied an emergency decree and confronted police in Chile’s capital Monday, continuing disturbances that have left at least 11 dead and led the president to say the country is “at war.” Police used tear gas and streams of water to break up a march by hundreds of students and union members on one of Santiago’s main streets, but demonstrators...

The death of unarmed 18-year-old man by a police officer in Ferguson set off violent riots across the county and the country, after three years the changes made to address social issues across the city are slowly beginning to show, NBC News reported. After electing three African-American members into the seven-member city council, which formerly had just one, a new...

It began with a routine traffic stop, blossomed into a protest with the help of a rumor and escalated into the deadliest and most destructive rioting Los Angeles had seen. Carolyn Johnson reports for “50Watts” on Aug. 11, 2015.

Jurors found former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Heaggan-Brown fatally shot Sylville Smith after a traffic stop and a short pursuit. Smith was carrying a gun when Heaggan-Brown opened fire. Smith’s family plans to sue Heaggan-Brown and the city of Milwaukee.