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Jan. 6: AP looks back, one year later

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A collection of stories from The @AP on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

A collection of stories from The @AP on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

  1. Jan 5

    LISTEN to a recording with journalists talking about Jan. 6 and what's happened since. FULL COVERAGE:

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  2. Jan 6

    When supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, had nine photographers on the scene. They shot hundreds of photos that were transmitted within minutes, giving the world front-row seats to the unfolding chaos. SEE MORE:

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  3. Jan 5

    THREAD: The looks at the most persistent falsehoods around Jan. 6, one year after rioters overtook the U.S. Capitol in the hopes of disrupting the certification of the 2020 election.

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  4. Jan 6

    A year after Jan. 6, Congress is more divided than ever. Some plan a moment of silence. Others will educate Americans about democracy. Others don’t think the day needs to be remembered at all.

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  5. Jan 5

    For 175 years, journalists have aimed to be the first in and last out of every major story around the world. So it didn't surprise me at all on Jan. 6 that the legendary Scott Applewhite remained in his post in the House balcony to bear witness.

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  6. Jan 6

    For people of color at the Capitol, the Jan. 6 attack was more than a violent challenge to a free and fair election — it was a familiar display of white supremacist violence, this time at the very seat of American democracy.

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  7. Jan 5

    VIDEO: From video footage to body cameras worn by the officers under siege, there is a comprehensive record of one of the worst attacks on democracy in U.S. history. compiled a short film capturing the key moments of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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  8. Jan 5

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has one message for Americans and the world on the first anniversary of Jan. 6: "Democracy won." See more from .

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  9. Jan 5

    Immediately after Jan. 6, it seemed hard not to see the event for what it was: a violent storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters bent on upending Biden's election. But since then, separate versions — one factual, one false — have taken hold.

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  10. Jan 5

    . photographer J. Scott Applewhite remembers the moments that stood out to him as he recorded images inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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  11. Jan 4

    AP-NORC poll: Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 siege, only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent.

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  12. Jan 5

    Roughly three dozen Democrats were the last ones to leave the House chamber on Jan. 6, trapped in the gallery as the chaos unfolded. In recent interviews, 10 of the lawmakers recounted the ordeal and talked about how the trauma has bonded them.

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  13. Jan 3

    Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who died while wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders like a cape, as a righteous martyr who was unjustly killed.

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  14. Jan 4

    The U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection requested an interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies in the media.

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