Category: District of Columbia

Capitol Police Stop a Youth Performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

June 4, 2023
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Video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, only to be unceremoniously cut off by police, spread across social media on Friday. Capitol Police say singers from Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from Greenville, South Carolina, were stopped May 26 because of a miscommunication. Musical performances in the hallowed seat of Congress…

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What Led Capitol Police to Stop a Youth Performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

June 4, 2023
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Video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, only to be unceremoniously cut off by police, spread across social media on Friday. Capitol Police say singers from Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from Greenville, South Carolina, were stopped May 26 because of a miscommunication. Musical performances in the hallowed seat of Congress…

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Man Accused of Assaulting Democrat Congresswoman Pleads Guilty

June 2, 2023
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A man accused of assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in an elevator inside her Washington, D.C. apartment building in February pleaded guilty in federal court this week, officials said. Kendrick Hamlin, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a member of Congress, as well as two counts of assault on a law enforcement…

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Juveniles Need to Be Held Accountable for Violent Crimes: DC Mayor

June 1, 2023
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Washington’s Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) held a meeting Tuesday with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser in attendance. While the mayor discussed her administration’s many accomplishments in Anacostia, violent crimes committed by juveniles were at the top of the community’s mind. Mayor Muriel Bowser told the residents that juveniles have to be held accountable for acts of violence,…

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White House: Biden Vetoed Effort to Block District of Columbia Police Reform Law

May 25, 2023
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A controversial District of Colombia police bill will become law after President Joe Biden vetoed a congressional effort to block the measure on May 25, according to the White House. In a White House press briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed to reporters that on the morning of May 25, Biden vetoed the measure. She…

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Missouri Man Accused of Deliberately Crashing U-Haul Truck Into Security Barrier Near White House

May 24, 2023
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WASHINGTON—A Missouri man flew to Washington, rented a U-Haul truck, and drove straight to the White House, where he crashed the truck into a security barrier and began waving around a Nazi flag in the culmination of a six-month plan to “seize power” from the government, authorities said Tuesday. Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, removed the…

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Secret Service Arrests Driver Accused of Crashing Rented Truck Near White House

May 23, 2023
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The driver of a rented box truck was arrested by the Secret Service Monday night after crashing into security barriers near the White House, according to officials. Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, confirmed the incident in a statement on Twitter, saying there were no injuries to Secret Service officials or White…

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Justice Gorsuch Slams COVID Emergency Powers: ‘Greatest Intrusions on Civil Liberties’ in ‘Peacetime History’

May 20, 2023
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday lamented what he calls an intrusion into civil liberties by pandemic emergency decrees since the start of COVID-19 as the high court dismissed a suit on Title 42 as moot. “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of…

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LIVE 12 PM ET: ‘Academia’s COVID Failures’ Symposium

May 19, 2023
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The Academic Sanity Consortium is hosting the “Academia’s COVID Failures” symposium at the University of Chicago campus on May 19, 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT (12 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET). Guests include Scott Atlas and Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, George Mason University Law Professor Todd Zywicki, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, George Washington University Law Professor…

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LIVE NOW: ‘Academia’s COVID Failures’ Symposium

May 19, 2023
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The Academic Sanity Consortium is hosting the “Academia’s COVID Failures” symposium at the University of Chicago campus on May 19, 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT (12 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET). Guests include Scott Atlas and Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, George Mason University Law Professor Todd Zywicki, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, George Washington University Law Professor…

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