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In this June 3, 2020, file photo, demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. It’s rare for public opinion on social issues to change sharply and swiftly. And yet in the wake of George Floyd’s death, polling shows dramatic movement in Americans’ opinions on police brutality and racial injustice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democrats bring ‘Defund’ movement to Capitol Police

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Democratic impeachment manager, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., leaves the Senate chamber after the acquittal of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Capitol Police clear ‘suspicious substance’ near Adam Schiff’s office

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Affidavit: Congress threats suspect had ammo, gun receipts

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., right, is presented with a Medal of Merit by Capitol Hill police chief Matthew Verderosa, left, as House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, applauds during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Scalise was honored along with five officers who were presented with the Medal of Honor who &quot;carried out their duties with exceptional courage, risking their lives to save others when an active shooter opened fire on the Republican Congressional baseball team's practice,&quot; in June in Alexandria, Virginia, injuring Scalise and others. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress honors officers who responded to attack

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Capitol Hill police officer Crystal Griner is greeted by President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, before receiving the Medal of Valor during a ceremony to recognize the first responders from the June 14 Congressional baseball shooting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump honors officers who stopped gunman attack on GOP lawmakers

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Capitol Police prepare to remove a man from a sit-in of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office, as he and others protest proposed caps to Medicaid Thursday, June 22, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Capitol police arrest protesters outside McConnell’s office

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FILE - In this March 8, 2017 file photo, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scalise was shot Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., congressional officials say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Trump sits by wounded Scalise’s bedside

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Officers who were part of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's security detail were hailed as heroes, taking on a man with a rifle while armed only with handguns and averting what those on the field said would have been a certain massacre. (Associated Press)

Capitol Police guns saved lives at ballpark

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., walk to a security briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, after a gunman opened fire wounding House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Capitol Police officers escorting him at Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers talk more security, packing a gun after shooting

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER - Associated Press

GOP congressman, Capitol police, others wounded in shooting

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Capitol Police to honor officers who died in line of duty

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A woman, center, is taken into custody on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Police say a driver struck a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser near the U.S. Capitol and was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Woman, 20, charged with plowing into Capitol Police cruiser

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Barvetta Singletary, Obama aide, charged with shooting at police officer boyfriend

By Dave Boyer and Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Pressure cooker found in car near U.S. Capitol, detonated by bomb squad

By Jay LeBlanc - The Washington Times

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on how a small gyrocopter entered restricted airspace and landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Capitol Police investigating source of leak on misplaced guns

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A small helicopter sits on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. ?The U.S. Capitol Police is investigating a gyro copter with a single occupant that has landed on the grassy area of the West Lawn of t?he U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Capitol Police continues to investigate with one person detained and temporary street closures in the immediate area. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gyrocopter lands on U.S. Capitol grounds; pilot in police custody

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Brian Darling of Washington, D.C., takes his two daughters Julie, 5, and Kathleen, 2, sledding on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building as snow accumulates in the Washington region, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Eleanor Holmes Norton to U.S. Capitol Police: ‘Have a heart’ and let kids sled

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

James Drobnyk, 2, joins others in sledding down the hill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. The season's first major snow storm to blast large parts of the South and dropped up to 8 inches of snow around the Washington area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Eleanor Holmes Norton: Overturn ‘Scrooge-like ban’ on Capitol grounds sledding

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

US Capitol Police perform CPR on stricken man

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