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Jan. 6 Riot

The January 6 riot and its connection to the recruitment of ICE agents.

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Jan 5, 2026
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Were any officer deaths after January 6 ruled directly caused by on-duty injuries from that day?

Multiple post–Jan. 6 law enforcement deaths have been linked to the trauma of that day, but the official forensic and administrative rulings are mixed: the D.C. medical examiner concluded Officer Bria...

Feb 3, 2026

Foes ICE have proud boys in their group

There is no verified evidence that as an organization have formally infiltrated or that senior Proud Boys leaders are employed as ICE agents; multiple fact-checks and reporting show purported listings...

Jan 31, 2026

What did the D.C. medical examiner conclude about Brian Sicknick’s cause of death and how have different outlets reported it?

ruled that died of natural causes, specifically "acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute basilar artery thrombosis," after suffering two strokes the day following the . That ruling, which...

Jan 16, 2026

How have different news organizations and government reports defined and counted Jan. 6 deaths, and why do their totals differ?

Different outlets and government documents count Jan. 6 deaths in divergent ways because they use different definitions — some count only deaths that occurred on January 6, some include later deaths o...

Jan 7, 2026

Which officers have been officially recognized as dying in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and what were the official causes of death?

Multiple law-enforcement deaths have been officially tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, but the nature and legal classification of those deaths vary: U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick’s death ...