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• House sergeant-at-arms says lawmakers should not carry firearms in Capitol Complex

  25-05-2022 23:20 via thehill.com
  
  House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker revealed on Wednesday that he does not believe lawmakers should be permitted to carry firearms on the Capitol Complex — a departure from current policy, which allows members of Congress to bring D.C.-licensed firearms into Capitol buildings.The revelation came in a letter Walker sent to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) that responded to a message the Maryland Democrat sent to the top security official calling for a ban on the use of firea
  
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• Biden signs executive order on policing reform

  25-05-2022 23:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to increase accountability in policing and improve public trust, citing it as a sign of slow but steady progress two years to the day that George Floyd was killed in Minnesota.At an event attended by the Floyd family and the family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police in Kentucky, Biden spoke of the order as a tangible result in response to nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 against police brutality and racial injustic
  
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• Biden signs executive order on police reform

  25-05-2022 23:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to increase accountability in policing and improve public trust, citing it as a sign of slow but steady progress two years to the day that George Floyd was murdered in Minnesota.At an event attended by the Floyd family and the family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police in Kentucky, Biden spoke of the order as a tangible result in response to nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 against police brutality and racial injust
  
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• House Democrats to vote on 'red flag' proposal in early June

  25-05-2022 21:46 via thehill.com
  
  House Democrats will vote early next month on legislation designed to keep firearms from the hands of potentially dangerous people, an indication that party leaders are wasting no time moving on legislation designed to rein in gun violence following Tuesday's shooting massacre at an elementary school in Texas.The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), would nationalize so-called “red flag” laws, which empower courts to issue protective orders barring people from buying o
  
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• Trump made approving remark about chants calling for hanging Pence: NYT

  25-05-2022 20:59 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump made an approving remark about his own vice president being hung following chants at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to hang then-Vice President Pence, according to a report in The New York Times.The report is based on an account of an incident at the White House that was reported to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
  It's no secret that Trump was unhappy with Pence, who had made it clear that on Jan. 6 he would not be questioning the results of the election.
  
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• Bidens expected to visit Texas following school shooting

  25-05-2022 20:20 via thehill.com
  
  First lady Jill Biden said Wednesday that she and President Biden plan to visit Texas following the tragic mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde that left at least 19 children dead.  “Of course we’re going to visit Texas,” the first lady told reporters at Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C., where she was meeting a second military plane filled with baby formula as part of the White House response to a separate crisis.  The president often visits sites of
  
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• Watch live: Biden delivers remarks after signing police reform executive order

  25-05-2022 20:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Vice President Harris will deliver comments Wednesday afternoon on a broad executive action that sets standards for police procedures, with the goals of community trust and equality. The signing ceremony for the order happens on the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.
  
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• Trump says he will still speak at NRA conference in Texas after school shooting

  25-05-2022 19:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he will still be speaking at a National Rifle Association (NRA) conference this weekend after a shooting on Tuesday that took place less than 300 miles away from the site of the event left 19 children and two adults dead.“America needs real solutions and real leadership in this moment, not politicians and partnership,” Trump said in a post made on his social media platform Truth Social.“That’s why I will keep my longtime
  
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• Here are the gun bills stalled in Congress

  25-05-2022 19:01 via thehill.com
  
  Tuesday’s massacre at a Texas elementary school in which a gunman killed 19 children and 2 adults reignited calls to pass gun control legislation that has been stalled in Congress, in some cases for decades. Numerous Democrats urged the Senate to act on stalled House-passed legislation, or for Congress to bring up other gun control measures. No major gun legislation has been approved by Congress in more than a decade, despite widespread calls to do so after mass shootings.Two major co
  
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• Democrats ask Google to stop collecting location data following Supreme Court leak

  25-05-2022 17:51 via thehill.com
  
  A group of the over 40 Democrats sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai Tuesday evening urging the company to stop collecting and storing location data out of concern that it could be obtained by prosecutors to target individuals seeking abortions.“We believe that abortion is health care. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that it remains recognized as a fundamental right, and that all people in the United States have control over their own bodies,” the members, led by Sen. Ro
  
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• 41 Democrats ask USAID to expand food aid to Haiti

  25-05-2022 17:25 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats called on the Biden administration to expand and improve food aid to Haiti, as nearly half that country's population faces food insecurity.In a letter to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power on Monday, 41 Democrats said they "believe there is an urgent need for our government to act regarding food aid arriving in Haiti and U.S. food assistance policy more broadly."According to the UN's World Food Programme, 4.4 million Haitians
  
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• Cheney tests positive for COVID-19

  25-05-2022 17:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, becoming the latest lawmaker to come down with the virus.Cheney said in a statement that she is fully vaccinated and boosted and is experiencing mild symptoms.“While I am fully vaccinated and boosted, I received a positive test result for COVID-19 early Wednesday morning. I am currently experiencing mild symptoms and will follow the CDC's guidance as I continue to work on behalf of the people of Wyoming,” Cheney said
  
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• Gallego knocks Sinema over remarks in wake of Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 16:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday knocked Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) following the elementary school shooting in Texas that killed 21 people, including 19 children, criticizing his Grand Canyon State colleague for supporting the legislative filibuster.Sinema on Tuesday — hours after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — wrote on Twitter that she was “horrified and heartbroken” by the massacre.“We are horrified
  
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• Biden approval rating at lowest point in Reuters/Ipsos polling

  25-05-2022 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s approval rating fell to 36 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, marking its lowest point to date in that particular poll.The poll found Biden’s approval rating fell 6 percentage points from a week earlier, and it dropped from 76 percent to 72 percent among Democrats in that same span.The low point for Biden in the Reuters poll came less than a week after he hit a new low in the Associated Press poll, which found the president's approval rating sat at 39
  
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• Biden approval rating at lowest point in Reuters-Ipsos polling

  25-05-2022 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s approval rating fell to 36 percent in a Reuters-Ipsos poll released Tuesday, marking its lowest point to date in that particular poll.The poll found Biden’s approval rating fell 6 percentage points from a week earlier, and it dropped from 76 percent to 72 percent among Democrats in that same span.The low point for Biden in the Reuters poll came less than a week after he hit a new low in the Associated Press poll, which found the president's approval rating sat at 39
  
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• Biden walks fine line on police reform two years after Floyd

  25-05-2022 11:13 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is walking a fine line on police reform two years after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, seeking to balance calls for systemic change with an outward message of support for public safety officials.Biden on Wednesday will sign a long-awaited executive order establishing a nationwide database of officers fired for misconduct in lieu of bipartisan policing legislation the president had hoped to sign by this time last year. The Justice Department this week
  
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• Two years after George Floyd’s murder, frustrations growing

  25-05-2022 11:12 via thehill.com
  
  Two years after George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, the nation is struggling to deliver progress on a host of issues critical to race, policing and inequality in American life.  Floyd’s killing reverberated throughout the country, leading to protests for change not only in how police in the nation operate, but on a range of other issues including voting rights and representation.  But efforts in Washington to enact police or voting rights reform have run
  
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• Biden: ‘When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?’

  25-05-2022 03:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday implored Congress to “stand up to the gun lobby” and pass firearm restrictions after a gunman shot and killed at least 18 young children at a Texas elementary school.  Biden grieved for the victims in an address from the White House and expressed outrage at the failure of lawmakers to enact stricter gun laws he said would prevent school shootings.  “As a nation, we have to ask when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobb
  
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• Biden orders White House flags at half-staff following Texas ... - youtube.com

  25-05-2022 01:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Biden orders White House flags at half-staff following Texas ... - YouTube

  25-05-2022 01:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Biden speaks with Abbott to offer assistance after school shooting

  25-05-2022 01:02 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to offer federal assistance in the aftermath of a school shooting that left 14 children dead.Biden phoned Abbott while en route back to Washington, D.C., from Asia, where he had been since Friday. Biden offered the governor "any and all assistance he needs in the wake of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX," White House communications director Kate Bedingfield tweeted.Biden is scheduled to address the shooting in prepared remarks l
  
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• Horror turns to fury over Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 00:47 via thehill.com
  
  Horror over an elementary school shooting in Texas on Tuesday that left at least 14 students and a teacher dead quickly turned to fury as Democrats slammed Congress for its inability to take action on guns.Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) took to the Senate floor shortly after the terrible news from the small city of Uvalde circulated throughout Washington, D.C., and the country, scolding his colleagues for not doing more to combat gun violence.“What are we doing?” asked an angry Murphy,
  
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• Horror turns fury over Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 00:47 via thehill.com
  
  Horror over an elementary school shooting in Texas on Tuesday that left at least 14 students and a teacher dead quickly turned to fury as Democrats slammed Congress for its inability to take action on guns.Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) took to the Senate floor shortly after the terrible news from the small city of Uvalde circulated throughout Washington, D.C., and the country, scolding his colleagues for not doing more to combat gun violence.“What are we doing?” and an emotional and an
  
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• Biden orders flags to half-staff after Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 00:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday ordered that the flags at the White House, federal buildings and military posts be flown at half-staff for the victims of a deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.  The White House issued the proclamation Tuesday evening, hours after news broke of the shooting, which left at least 14 dead. Biden ordered the flags be flown at half-staff through Saturday at the White House, public buildings, military installations, and embassies and consular office
  
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