on January 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm The push to teach about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol comes as the White House seeks to recast the event as a “peaceful protest”Jasmine LiBy aumnamaah@gmail.com / January 9, 2026 A bill would require teachers to instruct students about the “insurrection at the United States Capitol and its aftermath.”