Several outlets confirmed Thursday night that thousands of National Guard troops sent to provide security for the inauguration of President Joe Biden were kicked out of the Capitol and other federal buildings the following day—with several hundred or more sent to the cramped quarters of a single parking garage. What are the details? Politico reported that thousands of soldiers were "forced to...

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman on Friday denied participating in the decision that confined National Guard troops to a parking garage. “I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day itself while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, the United States Capitol Police did not instruct the National Guard to vacate the...

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Two top senators on Friday said that the order for National Guard troops to move their rest area from on Capitol grounds to a nearby parking garage, which sparked fierce outrage on both sides of the aisle, appeared to be a mistake made lower in the chain of command rather than an order from "on high."

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The National Guard has struggled to implement a plan to test troops flowing into and out of Washington for Covid-19, with some Guard members being forced to find their own tests and others pressured to leave their quarantine early to report to duty. Already, hundreds of Guard members who poured into Washington after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have tested positive for Covid-19 or are...

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National Guardsmen were allowed back inside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday night after having been moved to a parking garage, according to multiple reports.Guardsmen had moved to a nearby parking garage after they were ordered to vacate the...

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A number of lawmakers expressed deep concern over the reports, prompting a reversal.

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