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Jan 23, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Frank Thorp V |Alexandra Marquez

U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday said they suspended an officer who let a man with a gun into the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday. The man, who was arrested on Tuesday, was able to enter the visitor center and the Library of Congress with a gun.

Jan 20, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Frank Thorp V

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to pass an immigration crackdown bill, the first piece of legislation congressional Republicans are hoping to send newly sworn-in President Donald Trump for a signature. The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans to approve it.

Jan 20, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Scott Wong |Frank Thorp V |Kate Santaliz

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate floor as President Donald Trump tries to move quickly to get critical members of his Cabinet in place.

Jan 20, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Sahil Kapur |Frank Thorp V |Kate Santaliz

WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Senate hopes to hit the ground running Monday and begin confirming newly inaugurated President Donald Trump’s nominees on his first day. Republican leaders will be looking for unanimous agreement among senators to hold votes on the floor on one or more of Trump's picks for his administration. If they are granted speedy consideration, each nominee will take 51 votes to secure confirmation. "We have a job to do, and advice and consent is part of it.

Jan 20, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Vaughn Hillyard |Garrett Haake |Frank Thorp V |Jonathan Allen

Donald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 of them — on the first day of his second presidency, according to a person in his transition operation.