Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service
Read full article: Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret ServiceSeveral Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons for security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Ospreys face flight restrictions through 2025 due to crashes, military tells Congress
Read full article: Ospreys face flight restrictions through 2025 due to crashes, military tells CongressThe military's hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025 following a series of deadly crashes.
McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'
Read full article: McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has assured colleagues he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos
Read full article: Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videosVideos released under court order provide a chilling new look at the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, including body camera footage that shows a man charging at a police officer with a flagpole.
DC's long-simmering statehood push begins in Congress
Read full article: DC's long-simmering statehood push begins in CongressWashington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, testifies at the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, on D.C. statehood, Monday, March 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. “We dare to believe that D.C. statehood is on the horizon,” said the District's long-serving, nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who wrote the bill and said it has overwhelming support in the House. AdBowser spent much of Monday's four-hour hearing by the House oversight committee in a series of sometimes pointed exchanges with Republican committee members. AdBowser at the time quickly pointed out the ironies of Washington residents risking their lives to defend a Congress where they didn’t have a vote. “There's not a single Republican in Congress, in the House or the Senate, that supports this bill.”