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A mob of rioters pushed past police and into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as Congress debated the certification of the presidential election. A person was shot and later died, and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, imposed a 6 p.m. curfew.
Police cleared the Capitol interior about 6 p.m. and were working to move people away from the grounds Wednesday night.