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The U.S. Capitol’s turbulent history of bombings, assassination attempts, and violence Amy McKeever © Photograph by JOE MARQUETTE/AFP via Getty Images A gunman opened fire in the U.S. Capitol in 1995, killing two Capitol Police officers who were defending the building. The pair were the first private citizens to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Today s takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a mob supporting President Trump is unprecedented. But America’s seat of government has endured bombings, a presidential assassination attempt, and even its destruction by foreign forces. There have also been attacks from inside including a near-fatal attack on one lawmaker by another.

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