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Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, speaks after the race was called in her favor at a Maryland primary election night party, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Greenbelt, Md. (Eric Thompson/The Baltimore Banner via AP)

Senate primaries set up a marquee race in Maryland and a likely Republican flip in West Virginia

By Brian Witte, Leah Willingham and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Former republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visits the Bridge Boat Show in Stevensville, Md., April 12, 2024. Democrats voting in Maryland's contentious primary for Senate are divided about who is best positioned to beat Hogan. Congressman David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks are the most prominent candidates in the Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP advances Senate candidates in West Virginia, Maryland who could flip Democratic seats

By Brian Witte, Leah Willingham and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

‘I’m a little p——- off’: Former Capitol Police chief Sund says Jan. 6 was ‘cover-up’

By Joseph Curl

The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Interruption of children’s choir singing national anthem at U.S. Capitol stokes furor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A tattered flag flies over the Rayburn House office building. (Allison Shelley / The Washington Times)

Capitol Police arrest 7 anti-abortion protesters outside House building

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest outside of the Supreme Court on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, assault on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ashli Babbitt’s mother arrested outside U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 anniversary

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol police push back supporters of President Donald Trump who try to break a door on the West side of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Capitol Police looks to hire prosecutor, raising questions about command

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2019, file photo, Stephen Colbert attends the 36th Annual PaleyFest "An Evening with Stephen Colbert" at the Dolby Theatre on Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. Now Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may have found the perfect spokesman to embrace all of the above and more: American comedian Stephen Colbert. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Dec. 5, she talked about the boost to the country’s vital tourism industry that Colbert appears to have singlehandedly orchestrated.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Top GOP House members seek records on Stephen Colbert staff U.S. Capitol arrests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Trump attorney asks federal judge to dismiss Jan. 6 suits from Democrats, Capitol Police officers

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story

By Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Boebert put her brand on Washington politics in a rebellious first year in Congress

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Trump supporters left a flag outside the Capitol, Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Conservative group plans candlelit vigils on Capitol riot anniversary

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn, right, watches a video being displayed during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Officers offer emotional testimony on Jan. 6 Capitol riot: ‘I could have lost my life’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police officers assemble in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill to prepare for a demonstration by voting rights advocates, in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New chief selected for Capitol Police following Jan. 6 insurrection

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. With riot cases flooding into Washington’s federal court, the Justice Department is under pressure to quickly resolve the least serious cases. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) **FILE**

Dems ready attack on GOP’s pro-police ‘credibility,’ cite no votes on Jan. 6 commission, police fund

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, U.S. Capitol Police officers hold off rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate Chamber as supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers inside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Slain officer’s family urges lawmakers to back Jan. 6 commission

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 2, 2021, photo, a placard is displayed with an image of the late U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on it as people wait for an urn with his cremated remains to be carried into the U.S. Capitol to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Brian Sicknick, Capitol Police officer, died of two strokes, natural causes: Medical examiner

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind security fencing after a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

U.S. Capitol Police officers stand near a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press