Acting deputy DHS secretary on security failings at Capitol, Trump administration reaction

Here are the explanations from the official, Gabriel Sterling, that rebut more than a dozen of the president’s false assertions.

The vote, largely along party lines, punctuated an opening day marked more by precaution than pomp, as the 117th Congress convened under the threat of a deadly pandemic.

The stinging statement from Mattis is the second time he has broken his silence since leaving the Trump administration.