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January 20, 2021

Chef José Andrés continues to feed National Guard on Inauguration Day, will join 'evening programming' event

The World Central Kitchen founder, who has stepped up to feed millions of Americans in need during the coronavirus pandemic, is slated to participate in Wednesday's Inauguration Day evening programming alongside the likes of Tom Hanks, John Legend and Jon Bon Jovi. 

January 19, 2021

Salvation Army feeds National Guard, hoping for peaceful Inauguration Day in Washington

Nearly 22,000 National Guard personnel are in the National Capital Region today ahead of the 59th presidential inauguration, and the Salvation Army has been on the ground serving food and providing emotional care to the troops defending the Capitol after the violent protests of Jan. 6.

January 19, 2021

Democratic lawmaker walks back suggestion National Guard a threat to Biden inauguration

Rep. Steve Cohen suggested pro-Trump members of the National Guard "might want to do something" to threaten President-elect Joe Biden at his inauguration.

January 19, 2021

National Guardsmen removed from U.S. Capitol ahead of inauguration

Chief of the National Guard Bureau announced Tuesday that 12 Guardsmen have been removed from the U.S. Capitol ahead of the presidential inauguration, in part because of suspected far-right extremist ties. 

January 19, 2021

Biden Inauguration Day: How many people will attend ceremony in-person?

The Biden-Harris Inaugural ceremony will be noticeably pared down amid ongoing health and security concerns.

January 19, 2021

Waltz: Dems' 'insulting' statements on troops posing threat to Biden is 'definition of racism'

Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., on Tuesday blasted Rep. Steve Cohen for his “disgusting” and “insulting” comments the day before where the Democratic lawmaker ominously suggested that President Trump supporters within the National Guard charged with helping protect Joe Biden "might want to do something" to the president-elect.

January 19, 2021

Texas' Abbott rips vetting of National Guard: 'This is the most offensive thing I've ever heard'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he finds it "offensive" that the FBI is vetting National Guard members, including those from his own state, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

January 18, 2021

Acting secretary of defense says no intel of insider threat to inauguration

Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller said that the department is "leaving no stone unturned in securing the capital," noting that all National Guardsmen deployed to Washington, D.C. will be vetted. 

January 18, 2021

Heavily fortified statehouses around US see small protests

Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. As darkness fell, there were no reports of any clashes.

January 18, 2021

FBI arrest Florida 'hardcore leftist' who plotted armed attack on pro-Trump protesters at state Capitol

A self-described "hardcore leftist" was arrested Friday for allegedly issuing a call to arms online to recruit like-minded individuals to join him in violently confronting pro-Trump supporters expected to gather at the Florida state Capitol in Tallahassee on Sunday, just days before the presidential inauguration.