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United States Capitol Police
Arcs in the news about United States Capitol Police from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Organization · 58 stories · 339 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 19, 2023
Right nowactive arcs, newest development first
Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Mar 31, 2024.
All arcs0 named arcs in 2026
Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.
No named arcs in 2026 yet.
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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Feb 6 – Sep 5, 2026No arcs in this window
- Each row is an arc
- A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
- Who covered it: left, center, right
Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold
Earlier years are still being indexed.
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2024 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| May 13, 2024 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| May 20, 2024 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 63 |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 51 |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Aug 26, 2024 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 39 |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Dec 9, 2024 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Jan 20, 2025 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| May 12, 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Oct 13, 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| May 18, 2026 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 41 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 45 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 26 | 33 | 48 | 329 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 71 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else10 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about United States Capitol Police that are not part of any arc yet
- Aug 25– 30Working Guillotine Seized Steps From Capitol69 articles · 40 independent sources4 left, 14 center, 7 right
- Jul 13– 14Capitol Police arrest man with a handgun at north barricade of the US Capitol39 articles · 24 independent sources0 left, 11 center, 3 right
- Feb 25– 26Ilhan Omar guest arrested after allegedly disrupting State of the Union10 articles · 7 independent sources0 left, 1 center, 5 right
Stories that name United States Capitol Police
- Aug 18– 19Woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison21 articles · 20 independent sources2 left, 3 center, 6 right
- Jul 29– Aug 2Dr. Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on COVID pandemic330 articles · 125 independent sources26 left, 31 center, 48 right
- Jul 2– 3Air Force major arrested after calling for Trump impeachment on Capitol steps34 articles · 22 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 5 right
- May 20– 21Jan. 6 officers sue to block payouts from Trump’s new ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund43 articles · 29 independent sources7 left, 10 center, 2 right
- Feb 17– 18Man arrested after running toward US Capitol with loaded shotgun, police say31 articles · 20 independent sources2 left, 7 center, 5 right
Local coverage
- Aug 18Capitol Police search for suspect who fled after Jackson pursuit7 articles · 2 independent sources0 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Jul 9– 10Police investigating after two people shot on East Northside Drive10 articles · 2 independent sources0 left, 2 center, 0 right