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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 · 56 stories · 335 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

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No named arcs in 2026 yet.

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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
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No arcs in Feb 6 – Sep 5, 2026.

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Dec 9, 202427518
Jan 6, 202516719
Jan 20, 202514313
Feb 3, 20250235
Feb 17, 2025611433
Mar 3, 202526540
Mar 31, 202503716
May 12, 202543120
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Oct 13, 202523317
Feb 2, 20261001
Feb 16, 202627530
Feb 23, 20260159
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Jul 6, 202602010
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Jul 27, 2026263348329
Aug 17, 202624627
Aug 24, 2026415771
Aug 31, 20260101
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Sep 28, 20261001

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

  1. Aug 25– 30Working Guillotine Seized Steps From Capitol69 articles · 40 independent sources
    4 left, 14 center, 7 right
  2. Jul 13– 14Capitol Police arrest man with a handgun at north barricade of the US Capitol39 articles · 24 independent sources
    0 left, 11 center, 3 right
  3. Feb 25– 26Ilhan Omar guest arrested after allegedly disrupting State of the Union10 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 5 right

Stories that name United States Capitol Police

  1. Aug 18– 19Woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison21 articles · 20 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 6 right
  2. Jul 29– Aug 2Dr. Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on COVID pandemic330 articles · 125 independent sources
    26 left, 31 center, 48 right
  3. Jul 2– 3Air Force major arrested after calling for Trump impeachment on Capitol steps34 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 5 right
  4. May 20– 21Jan. 6 officers sue to block payouts from Trump’s new ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund43 articles · 29 independent sources
    7 left, 10 center, 2 right
  5. Feb 17– 18Man arrested after running toward US Capitol with loaded shotgun, police say31 articles · 20 independent sources
    2 left, 7 center, 5 right

Local coverage

  1. Aug 18Capitol Police search for suspect who fled after Jackson pursuit7 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Jul 9– 10Police investigating after two people shot on East Northside Drive10 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
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