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1. In fortified Washington, residents wonder whether Capitol riot was a one-off or omen of worse to come

   

   Fear of violence has upended Washington, D.C., ahead of Wednesday's presidential inauguration as residents of the city, and the country, grapple with an unnerving question: Was the Capitol attack a one-off or the beginning of a new era of political violence?

2. Prosecutors charge members of far-right militia group with organizing Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack

   

   Prosecutors on Tuesday said three people affiliated with a far-right militia group conspired to breach the U.S. Capitol, the first time they have directly accused people of organizing the violent Jan. 6 riot that left five people dead.

3. Alexei Navalny's return to Russia solidifies opposition leader's role as 'anti-Putin'

   

   Alexei Navalny, Russia's main opposition figure, is in a Moscow jail, with his supporters confronting the existential question of how his political movement will survive with him sidelined, in all likelihood for a very long time.

4. Mitch McConnell says Capitol riot 'provoked by the president and other powerful people'

   

   Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at U.S. President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the Capitol by the outgoing president's supporters earlier this month.

5. Trump administration issues leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge

   

   The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday said it has issued leases covering nearly 1,770 square kilometres in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.