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Dems raise alarms about Capitol security ahead of Biden's State of the Union

"I mean, they talk openly about bringing guns here, and they're going to keep doing it."

Axios

Maryland artist’s sculpture of civil rights leader set to replace Robert E. Lee statue at US Capitol

Steven Weitzman is going to bring a civil rights icon to life in the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

MTG likens Tyre Nichols to Ashli Babbitt

Greene made the comments at her first committee hearing of the term

Salon

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House Democrats cry foul over elimination of civil rights panel

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight and Accountability Committee adopted its new rules on Tuesday after rejecting six amendments proposed by Democrats, in a first glimpse of a key committee whose new chairman, James R. Comer, has promised to launch a series of partisan investigations.

Tribune News Service

Marjorie Taylor Greene equates police killing of Tyre Nichols with shooting of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt

Georgia Republican roundly denounced by critics for response to latest police killing of unarmed Black motorist

The Independent UK

Minnesota Gov. Walz signs into law strengthened abortion rights

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation Tuesday adding a "fundamental right" to abortion in state law, the first proposal in an expansive agenda moving at the Capitol to solidify Minnesota's status as a safe haven for the procedure.

Tribune News Service

Unexpected Pennsylvania House speaker hopes to retain job

The rank-and-file Democrat who was unexpectedly elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House as a compromise candidate earlier this month is saying he hopes to keep the job

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House Democrats cry foul over elimination of civil rights panel - Roll Call

In one of his first moves as chairman, Comer renamed Oversight’s five subcommittees, saying it would help jump-start his investigations.

Roll Call

Democratic lawmaker shows up to vote at Michigan Capitol a day after positive COVID test

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan state representative came to the Capitol on Thursday to cast votes, despite testing positive test for COVID-19 the day before.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota Senate passes bill to codify right to abortion

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is on the verge of enshrining language into law guaranteeing the right to abortion for the first time in the state's 165-year history.

Tribune News Service

Inside McCarthy's House: Famous friends and hard realities

Three weeks into the new era of the House Republican majority, the risks of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership style are clearly taking hold

The Independent UK

South Dakota's Noem breaks news conference tradition

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has yet to make herself available to the Capitol press during the first three weeks of the state’s legislative session

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who assaulted Brian Sicknick gets near-seven year sentence

Julian Khater pleaded guilty to using chemical spray to attack the Capitol police officer who died on 7 January

The Guardian - US

Plea deal expected for Sacramento-area defendant in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An apparent plea deal has been negotiated with one of the four Sacramento-area defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot and may be finalized in court in Washington, D.C., next month.

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Elon and McCarthy huddle before hearing

Both McCarthy and an aide to Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries deflate Elon Musk’s Capitol “meeting” hype

The Texas Tribune

Wanna bet? Texas Legislature to reconsider legalizing casinos and sports betting

Given the stiff headwinds to getting any expansion in gambling passed, sports betting and casino advocates may be competing against each other, rather than working in tandem.

The Independent UK

5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

It’s the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women

The Independent UK

Trump rages against ‘Radical Left’ AT&T over ‘disgraceful’ move to drop Newsmax

The ex-president froths as right-wing channel removed from DirecTV service

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After 45 years on the Hill, David Carle has seen it all - Roll Call

“There was a lot of manual labor involved with being a press secretary back then,” says the longtime aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy.

Al Jazeera

Trump to return to Meta platform Facebook after two-year ban

The US social media giant has called the suspension ‘extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances’.

WEKU

Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.

Irish Mirror

Jill Biden's inaugural wear to go on display at Smithsonian

The first lady is donating two outfits worn on the day of her husband's presidential inauguration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Democracy is no longer good enough. GOP radicals press increasingly for war

It really was only a matter of time before the two rallying cries of the far right — election fraud and gun rights — came together in the most dangerous ways. The deadly Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection offered just a taste of the radicalism that the Republican mainstream has…

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who put his feet on Pelosi’s desk found guilty

Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett was convicted on eight counts after joining the mob on January 6

Roll Call

McCarthy names Michael Guest to lead Ethics panel as George Santos questions loom - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has named Mississippi Rep. Michael Guest to lead the Ethics Committee as questions about Rep. George Santos linger.

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