Inauguration Day security - Covid deaths ambivalence - Terror sponsor list updated

Groups tracking right-wing extremist organizations have said preparations for more violence are underway, and the FBI was warning of possible armed protests at state capitol buildings beginning Jan. 17 and through the inauguration, an official with knowledge of a bulletin told USA TODAY. In its warning to local authorities, the FBI described evidence of credible threats related to events planned for Jan. 17 at the state Capitols in Michigan and Minnesota, Yahoo News reported.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee activated hundreds of National Guard troops to help state police near its Capitol. State patrol SWAT officers were at Georgia's Capitol on Monday. Idaho locked doors to its House and Senate chambers as state troopers sat at the entrances. In Michigan, a state commission voted Monday to ban the open carrying of weapons in the Capitol building.
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On Monday, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser asked Americans not to come to Washington for Biden's inauguration, fearing violence and the spread of COVID-19. Bowser said her administration requested the federal government declare a pre-emergency disaster declaration. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the national Guard Bureau, said Monday that 10,000 National Guard troops would be in Washington on Jan. 20 for the inauguration. An additional 5,000 troops could be called up if needed, he added.