Marking 5 years since Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol
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Newsday's Billy House has covered Congress for different outlets for more than 20 years. He waited out part of the attack in the House chamber.
WASHINGTON (WKYT/WAVE) – Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is “all good” after falling inside the U.S. Capitol Building Thursday afternoon, according to his office. A spokesperson said the 83-year-old senator tripped while on his way to vote.
Five years after the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the fundamental facts of that day continue to fuel deep divisions that have created dueling political realities.
Newsday Washington reporter Billy House describes the chaos of the Jan. 6 insurrection from inside the U.S. Capitol, and how he sheltered in the House chamber.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A spokesperson says Senator Mitch McConnell is “all good” after falling inside the U.S. Capitol Building while on his way to vote. The fall happened early in the afternoon as Kentucky’s senior senator was headed to the ...
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there's no official event to memorialize what happened that day.
Just as the last remnants of scaffolding covering the Washington Monument are coming down, workers are preparing to obscure another of the gems on the National Monument — the Dome atop the U.S. Capitol building. The Capitol was last renovated in 1960 and ...