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Justice Department to investigate Houston over dumping response

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday announced it has opened an environmental justice investigation into the city of Houston over allegations that its response to illegal dumping in primarily Black and Hispanic neighborhoods violated the Civil Rights Act.

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Bannon found guilty of contempt for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon was found guilty by a Washington, D.C., jury of defying a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon convicted of contempt charges after defying subpoenas from Jan. 6 House committee

Bannon faces up to two years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.

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Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups’ attempts to influence service members.

Tribune News Service

Bannon lawyer questions subpoena signature as contempt trial goes to jury

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon’s lawyer told a Washington jury that a scribbled signature on a congressional subpoena could be the key to his acquittal on charges that he illegally defied lawmakers probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Devin Nunes drops California lawsuit against man he claims was ‘Twitter cow’s’ spouse

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Devin Nunes has dropped his lawsuit against a constituent whom he said inspired a cyber-stalking campaign against him and was married to the so-called Twitter cow that teases him online.

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'Unbridled destructive energy': Takeaways from Thursday's hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee offered new details Thursday about the 187 minutes — from 1:10 pm to 4:17 pm — that elapsed between the end of President Trump's speech to supporters near the White House and the video he put out urging the mob storming the Capitol…

Los Angeles Times

What’s it take to become ‘energy congressman of the world’? A video series, perhaps

WASHINGTON — Some congressional candidates might try to obscure their devotion to a particular industry. Not Wesley Hunt.

Tribune News Service

Games area planned for Washington primary school to develop 'sporting opportunities' for kids

A planning application has been submitted that proposes to build a multi-use games area Oxclose Primary Academy in Washington

Chronicle Live

Friday briefing: The full story of Donald Trump’s plot to steal the White House

In today’s newsletter: As the January 6 hearings close in Washington DC, Nimo Omer breaks down the five biggest takeaways from the year-long inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas to call off the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and remained publicly silent as he watched the violence unfold on television from his personal dining room off the Oval Office, according to evidence and testimony to the committee investigating last year’s insurrection.

Tribune News Service

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

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Jan. 6 committee shows Josh Hawley fleeing from Senate after pumping fist to protesters

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday highlighted footage of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., fleeing the Senate Chamber as the building was being overrun by a mob of Trump supporters.

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‘The dam has begun to break’: Jan. 6 panel lays out Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 constituted a dereliction of duty, the House committee investigating the insurrection said in its prime-time hearing Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Trump spurned aides’ pleas to quell Jan. 6 riot, panel told

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas from his advisers and took no action for hours to quell the violent mob storming the Capitol because he wanted them to stop or delay certification of the 2020 election results, members of the panel investigating the insurrection said.

Los Angeles Times

Pence’s security detail feared for their lives on Jan. 6, White House official testifies

WASHINGTON — A former White House official described as an employee with national security responsibilities told the select committee investigating Jan. 6 that former Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail feared for their lives.

Los Angeles Times

Trump sat in dining room for hours on Jan. 6: ‘The president didn’t want anything done’

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump sat in the West Wing’s dining room for more than 21/2 hours after being informed of the violence raging at the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to evidence presented at Thursday’s congressional hearing on the insurrection.

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Los Angeles Times

New witnesses confirm ‘heated’ discussion between Trump and Secret Service agent

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 announced Thursday that it has interviewed multiple witnesses who corroborated elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony on June 28 .

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court turns down Biden’s emergency immigration appeal

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an emergency appeal from the Biden administration and left in place a Texas judge’s order that says the government must detain and deport immigrants who have serious crimes on their record.

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to answer multiple questions about Capitol riot

Mr Meadows was confronted by reporters while walking in Washington DC

Chicago Sun-Times

A dangerous volcano can teach us something about national solidarity

Clearly, a massive eruption or earthquake or tsunami anywhere on the globe would be a tragedy. And yet, because this danger is in Washington State, I would feel it more acutely than if it struck elsewhere.

Tribune News Service

House approves measure to protect the right to contraception

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation that would codify the federal right to contraception, although the measure faces slim odds in the Senate because of GOP concerns about the broadness of the bill.

The Independent UK

Governors' immigrant-busing strategy hits home for mayors

Two Republican border-state governors who are investing billions of dollars on immigration enforcement have found indirect support from the Democratic mayors of Washington and New York

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bellator 283 predictions: Ex-champ Douglas Lima or Jason Jackson in Washington?

Check out our staff members' picks for the Bellator 283 main card featuring Douglas Lima vs. Jason Jackson in Tacoma, Wash.

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