January 6 Insurrection

Congress

Rep. Terri Sewell joins Jan. 6 anniversary panel, reflecting on day of attack

Congresswoman Terri Sewell discussed being trapped in the House gallery, recalling how she wept for democracy and described the riot as an attempted coup.

Wesley Walter

January 7, 2026

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. speaks at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.()

Sen. Tuberville criticizes provision letting senators sue the federal government

Tuberville may sue over seized phone records but said Thursday that “taxpayers should not be forced to pay the price.”

Chance Phillips

November 21, 2025

Police: Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters means “politics more important than policing”

Police unions and the chief of the Capitol Police condemned Trump's pardons of the violent felons who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Josh Moon

January 22, 2025

Rep. Sewell marks four years since the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

“As Americans, we should never forget the events of January 6th," Sewell said.

January 7, 2025

Opinion

America has trouble coming

A government operated by the worst, most incompetent people results in the worst, most incompetent government. Just ask Alabama.

Josh Moon

November 22, 2024

Opinion

You’re in a cult

When you believe absurd lies and are willing to turn your back on established institutions and the truth, you're in a cult.

Josh Moon

June 6, 2024

Opinion

This is how America dies

The willingness of today's conservatives to believe everything they want to be true almost cost us democracy, and it might yet.

Josh Moon

January 9, 2024

Opinion

Trumpism has reached a new level of pathetic

A federal judge found it likely that Trump committed felonies in his attempt to overturn the election, and yet, the cult carries on.

Josh Moon

March 31, 2022

Mo Brooks’ ever-changing Jan. 6 story

Brooks has gone from blaming antifa to blaming Donald Trump in the span of six months.

Josh Moon

July 7, 2021

Another GOP attorneys general group leader resigns amid Capitol attack fallout

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall leads the association's dark-money fundraising arm, which aided in planning the Jan. 6 rally.

Eddie Burkhalter

May 4, 2021