An upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer’s can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Source link
A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a felony hate crime count. Source link
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. The new flag and accompanying state seal were adopted to replace an old design that Native Americans said reminded them of painful memories of conquest and displacement. The new symbols eliminate an old […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled next week in a ceremony. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other congressional members and the family of the Charlotte-born evangelist are expected to attend unveiling of the 7-foot (2.1-meter) tall bronze […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent. On the other side of the metal barricades that day, Police Officer Harry Dunn couldn’t stand what he saw as he […]
The Rev. Billy Graham, famed evangelist and minister to presidents, is set to receive a great accolade next week as a 7-foot-tall statue will be dedicated in his honor at the U.S. Capitol, according to reports. The state of North Carolina approved a measure back in 2015 to replace its statue of former Gov. Charles […]
Statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country singer Johnny Cash — two of Arkansas’ most celebrated icons — are headed to Washington, D.C., to represent the state in a U.S. Capitol display. In 2019, then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law a bill that would swap out the state’s current statues at the Capitol’s […]
A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court filings unsealed Friday. Miguel Eugenio Zapata, 37, was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on […]
In the rough and tumble halls of Congress there’s one thing a group of Democratic and Republican female lawmakers can agree on: the thrill of riding motorcycles. Six years ago, Rep. Becca Balint, Vermont Democrat, first hopped on her Honda Rebel, a small cruiser, and she’s been rolling the roads ever since. “I love to […]
Democrats in the Arizona House will no longer have access to meeting rooms controlled by the House speaker except for caucus meetings and hearings after the speaker said one Democrat “lied to” him about the nature of a drag story hour held at the Capitol on Tuesday. Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, a Republican, said […]
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