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Jan 28 2022
News
National anthem as a mandatory game-starter? Florida free-speech test.
A move by Florida legislators, aimed at making the national anthem a compulsory feature of sporting events, raises some big questions about free speech – especially in the context of wider turbulence over politics and race.
The bellwether state of Florida now is amping up the volume in a nationwide discourse on race as a core facet of political culture wars.
Under Gov. Ron
Christian Science MonitorJan 11 2022
Perspectives Blog
Check This Out: Using Jan. 6 as a Launching Point for Good
It’s been just over a year since the January 6 Capitol riot took place, and to call it polarizing would be a massive understatement. While some used the first anniversary as an opportunity to advance their partisan agenda, we found a few podcast episodes where the hosts took time to talk with people, learn other’s viewpoints, and start to bridge the divide that was deepened by January 6.
Aidanne DePoyNov 12 2021
News
Trump Aide Mark Meadows Skips January 6 Testimony Despite Legal Threats
Mark Meadows, who was Donald Trump's chief of staff when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election, now faces potential criminal or civil action after he apparently didn't show up to a scheduled deposition Friday morning.
U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who is chairing the select
NewsweekJan 18 2019
News
GOP lawmakers tell Trump to move State of Union to the Senate
George Washington delivered his first State of the Union address in the Senate chamber.
Washington TimesNov 08 2018
Opinion
OPINION: America Prefers Divided Government
Political antibodies are strengthening the nation’s immune system.
George WillDec 30 2021
News
Americans Diverge on Perils and Lessons of the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters, Americans are divided over how serious it was, who is to blame and the punishments that have been imposed, underscoring the broader polarization facing the country and fanning concerns about the state of the democracy.
A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 93% of Democrats and 56% of independents considered it
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 21 2021
News
Department of Homeland Security was 'unprepared' for Portland response during summer unrest, watchdog finds
The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security surged hundreds of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, last summer with incomplete training and missing equipment, a new watchdog report says.
The department's inspector general flagged several major concerns with the deployment of more than 700 officers, including failure to properly train them to police riots and to conduct
CNN DigitalFeb 11 2021
Analysis
Impeachment prosecutors wrap up case: Here are the top takeaways from trial's third day
House impeachment managers spent the last day of their arguments in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump telling senators that he reasonably should have known his actions would lead to violence and refuting what they expect his defense lawyers will say in the next two days of trial.
The prosecutors are hoping to convince senators that Trump should be convicted on the
USA TODAYJan 14 2021
News
Timeline of National Guard Deployment to Capitol
On the day of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the first National Guard members arrived to assist at about 5:40 p.m. By then, most of the violence had subsided.
In the critical minutes before rioters had breached the Capitol building around 2 p.m., the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police force and the mayor of Washington, D.C., put out urgent requests for guard backup. But it took more than an
FactCheck.orgAug 19 2021
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US Capitol bomb threat suspect in custody hours after claiming to have 'explosives' near Library of Congress
The suspect who authorities say claimed to have a bomb in his pickup truck Thursday morning is in police custody hours after parking his vehicle in front of Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress – prompting evacuations and lockdowns in the area, Fox News can confirm.
The suspect, identified as North Carolina resident Floyd Ray Roseberry from Grover, was taken into police custody at
Fox News Digital