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February 11, 2021
Since former President Trump's rise within the GOP and its ensuing chaos, conservatives reportedly have "greater hunger" for a new…
February 10, 2021
Jaime Harrison, who previously ran for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, says Republicans have no choice but to convict…
February 9, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Congresswoman Cori Bush recalls the harrowing moments during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection: "They're coming for Democrats."
February 9, 2021
Charged Capitol rioter Jason Riddle told the FBI he "walked into an office and found an open bottle of wine"…
February 8, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tells theGrio: "I bet, if it was a secret ballot ... they would convict"…
February 7, 2021
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) appeared on CNN to reflect on her harrowing experience during the Jan. 6 attacks on Capitol…
February 5, 2021
"It took a violent mob of insurrectionists," said Rep. Dean Phillips, "and a lightning-bolt moment in this very room. But…
February 5, 2021
Rep. Rashida Tlaib wasn't in the building during the Jan. 6 insurrection, but she's had death threats since she was…
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
February 5, 2021
OPINON: Daniel Cameron not only denied justice for Breonna Taylor but also joined a lawsuit supporting Trump's voter fraud lies.
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021
February 4, 2021
The U.S. Capitol insurrection upheld the persistent legacy of white supremacy that troubled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. long ago.
February 4, 2021
At least one Proud Boy was motivated by vengeance against police in his participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection that…
February 2, 2021
Trump's lawyers denied he played a role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and said the impeachment…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC thegrio.com
February 2, 2021
NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likened telling a trauma survivor to move on without accountability as "the same tactics of abusers."
January 31, 2021
"The west side of the Capitol is well known as perhaps the best place for sledding in D.C.’s high-density urban…
January 30, 2021
More Republican Congress members are facing scrutinity for their connection to the organization of the Jan. 6 riots in Washington…
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021
January 29, 2021
Anne Applebaum's essay in The Atlantic is offensive and tone-deaf as the Capitol terrorists continue to be coddled and deemed…
January 29, 2021
Texas Rep. Chip Roy objected to claims New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made in her Twitter back-and-forth with Sen. Ted…
January 29, 2021
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial has a star witness ready to take the stand: organic food-eating insurrectionist Jacob Chansley.
Yogananda D. Pittman Capitol thegrio.com
January 27, 2021
Yogananda D. Pittman, the acting head of the U.S. Capitol Police, issued a statement about the landmark events.
January 26, 2021
Like with our nation’s first Black president, there is some deep-felt anxiety about Kamala Harris’s safety after the Capitol insurrection.