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A woman in a blue hat holds a sign that reads, "stop firing us."

In the Northwest, some tribal grants frozen amid federal worker firings

(Runtime 1:22) The Trump administration continues to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but that is complicating some federal funding for…

Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitor's Center to reinforce security at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. It comes a week after an insurrection at the Capitol and as the House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Trump. CREDIT: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

National News

About 20,000 National Guard Members To Deploy For Inauguration, Officials Say

Local and federal security officials expect about 20,000 National Guard members to be involved in securing the capital for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.

A pro-Trump protester resists arrest on Wednesday. There were few arrests in relation to the scope of the unrest as of Wednesday night. CREDIT: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via Reuters

National News

Police Confirm Death Of Officer Injured During Attack On Capitol

U.S. Capitol Police announced late Thursday that an officer hurt during this week's violent assault on the chambers of Congress by protesters loyal to President Trump has died from his injuries.

A U.S. Flag hanging from a steal girder, damaged in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, blows in the breeze at a memorial in Jersey City, N.J., Sept. 11, 2019 as the sun rises behind the One World Trade Center building and the re-developed area where the Twin Towers of World Trade Center once stood in New York City on the 18th anniversary of the attacks.

Arts & Culture

'The Only Plane In The Sky' Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of September 11

When today's children someday ask what Sept. 11 was really like, Garrett Graff's book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others.