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As talks bog down, hopes for bipartisan deals on Biden’s priorities dim
May 25, 2021 21:16Negotiations in Congress over some of President Biden’s key priorities are facing new headwinds, dimming Democrats’ hopes that they might be able to overcome the partisan gridlock that has come to define Washington and quickly broker deals with Republicans to push through their ambitious agenda.
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US House of Representatives passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
May 19, 2021 16:57The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill to address the growing hate crimes against Asian-Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
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House Republicans have had enough of Liz Cheney’s truth-telling
May 07, 2021 10:50The first time defenders of Donald J. Trump came for Representative Liz Cheney, for the offense of having voted to impeach him, fellow Republicans closed ranks to save her leadership post, with Representative Kevin McCarthy boasting that their “big tent” party had enough room for both the former president and a stalwart critic.
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Capitol police knew Trump’s mob would attack Congress but were unprepared anyway
Apr 20, 2021 16:41Capitol Police knew ahead of January 6 that Congress itself was the target of the Donald Trump-fueled mob that violently breached the Capitol, but the police department’s leaders ignored warnings and were thoroughly unprepared for the mob, a new report from the department’s watchdog has found.
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Power to make war
Mar 16, 2021 19:10US Congress should criminalize presidential violence and the expenditures of resources to support it, as it is a crime to kill without lawful authority. And Congress should call non- defensive killings – by the US government or anyone – by their legal name: Murder.
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US: House approves $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, grants Biden victory
Mar 11, 2021 06:37The US House of Representatives has approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, handing him his first legislative victory since taking office.
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FBI chief calls Capitol attack 'domestic terrorism' and defends US intelligence
Mar 05, 2021 20:19The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has condemned the 6 January riot at the US Capitol as an instance of “domestic terrorism”, while defending the bureau’s handling of intelligence indicating that violence was likely.
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US Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’, Senate hears in testimony
Mar 02, 2021 17:57Testifying on Tuesday (23 Feb 2021) in the first congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack, the chief of Capitol police who resigned over the riot said the pro-Trump mob which stormed the building “came prepared for war”.
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9/11 commission leaders warn Pelosi on arrangement of Jan. 6 protest panel
Feb 25, 2021 07:36Two prominent leaders of the 9/11 Commission have warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about forming an unbalanced panel to investigate the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol, stressing that Republican voters will never accept the findings of a Democratic panel.
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Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial
Feb 14, 2021 17:54Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol – a verdict that underscores the sway America’s 45th president still holds over the Republican party even after leaving office.