Capitol Hill

Ahead of New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s vote on Tuesday calling on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the 25th Amendment, the Democrat claimed she witnessed lawmakers giving “reconnaissance” tours just a day before last week’s attack on Capitol Hill that left five people dead. Speaking in a Facebook Live video, Sherrill detailed her account of what occurred on...

President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House days before leaving office, becoming the first American president to be impeached twice. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

With impeachment pressure mounting, the House is speeding ahead to try to oust President Donald Trump from office. Democrats are pushing first for the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to remove Trump from office. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — over the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a draft of the articles obtained by The Associated Press and NBC News. Rana Novini reports.

Rep. Andy Kim was walking amid the mess shortly after a long, harrowing day at the Capitol when he noticed police officers putting pizza boxes in trash bags, so he asked for one, too, and began cleaning up

President Trump announced he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Jan. 20. This news comes as Congress members consider a fast-track impeachment following Wednesday’s Capitol siege. Michael Gargiulo reports.

New York’s Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate, called for Donald Trump’s immediate removal from office Thursday, saying the president was no longer fit to serve after the unprecedented Capitol Hill riots. “What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office...

With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump has finally bent to reality, acknowledging his electoral defeat amid growing talk in Washington of trying to force him from office early. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford, Ida Siegal and Chris Glorioso report.

The woman who was fatally shot Wednesday by law enforcement when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol has been identified as a San Diego resident.

There are a lot of questions about the police response to yesterday’s riots in Washington – especially after the highly militarized responses to the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Chris Glorioso reports.

Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how police handled Wednesday’s violent breach at the Capitol.

State troopers and national guard members are headed to the nation’s capital to keep more unrest at bay. Brian Thompson reports.

Chaos erupted on Capitol Hill Wednesday when a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed Congress, in what many politicians have described as an attack against democracy. NBC 4 New York has team coverage of the latest and worldwide reactions.

Some lawmakers have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office using the 25th Amendment after the breach of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters on Wednesday. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker breaks down how the constitutional provision that deals with the transfer of presidential power would work.

A day following mayhem created by President Trump’s supporters, the streets around the U.S. Capitol were quiet but traces of blood still marked the pavement. NBCLX’s Chase Cain walks us through the Capitol grounds stained by the violent events.

As the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob of pro-Trump protesters Wednesday, a New York congresswoman took cover for hours in a room that was barricaded shut with office chairs while rioters stormed outside.

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

When rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, they claimed they were there to overturn the presidential election of Joe Biden — although they had no clear plan to do so. NBCLX political reporter Noah Pransky explains how the “religion of Trumpism” and loyalty to President Trump has driven some of the behavior seen by protesters as well as some...

Images few Americans imagined they might ever see flooded the airwaves Wednesday, as what was being described by some as nothing short of a coup attempt on behalf of the sitting president of the United States of America led to a lockdown and evacuation at Capitol Hill.