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‘Can you believe?’ Portrait in Texas Capitol honors Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’

FORT WORTH, Texas — Her 1,400 mile walk took her across the country, to President Joe Biden’s side as he made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Now she is honored on the walls of the Texas Capitol.

Tribune News Service

In new role, Sanders demands answers from Starbucks' Schultz

As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues, Vermont Sen_ Bernie Sanders says some corporations “should be nervous.”

The Independent UK

Morrissey is starting to ‘believe’ Capitol Records signed his album to ‘sabotage it’

The singer also states that he is ‘too diverse’ for Universal Music Group

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Sports-betting advocates return to Capitol with narrower bill, new Republican author

The Texas Sports Betting Alliance threw its weight behind new legislation Monday to let voters decided whether to legalize online sports betting.

The Texas Tribune

George Santos accused of sexual harassment by congressional aide

Derek Myers alleges he was put to work as a volunteer before controversial Republican touched him and asked him over

The Guardian - US

Trump rages at McCarthy over Babbitt

Trump claims "great patriot" Ashli Babbitt was "murdered" by the Capitol Police

Salon

Kevin McCarthy breaks from far-right response to police shooting of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt

Republican leader says officer who fatally shot Capitol rioter ‘did his job’ while Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump and other officials continue to insist she was murdered and float baseless conspiracy theories

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Crowds decry gender-affirming treatment ban in West Virginia

Crowds pleaded with lawmakers at the West Virginia Capitol on Thursday to show as much compassion for saving the lives of transgender children as they showed for unborn fetuses when they voted to ban abortion

The Independent UK

This Hill staffer also serves in the National Guard - Roll Call

It can be “intense,” says Aubrey Stuber, who serves in the Army National Guard while working as an aide to Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.

Roll Call

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

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Roll Call

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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

Tribune News Service

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.

Salon

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.

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