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Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host

After reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the tapes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the move.

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Driver's licenses for unauthorized immigrants in Minnesota soon to become law

MINNEAPOLIS — Unauthorized immigrants would be able to obtain driver's licenses under legislation on its way to Gov. Tim Walz, a priority of Democrats at the State Capitol who say it will make Minnesota safer.

Tribune News Service

‘It’s a joke!’ City Council members grill Chicago police officials about extremists in their ranks

Chicago City Council members repeatedly expressed frustration Wednesday as police officials gave conflicting, sometimes puzzling reasons why they have not moved more aggressively against officers tied to far-right groups implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Top appropriations aide and ‘institutionalist’ Kieffer to retire - Roll Call

Charles Kieffer is retiring after more than four decades working on budget and appropriations policy for the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy lets Fox News’ Tucker Carlson look at Jan. 6 riot footage. Big mistake

In a news conference at the Capitol last month, a reporter asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the videotapes of the Jan. 6 riot should be released to the public. “Yeah, I think the public should see what happened,” the California Republican said.

Tribune News Service

Alarm after Carlson lands Jan. 6 video

Critics fume after McCarthy hands footage of "domestic riot to only one member of an extremist media organization"

Salon

McCarthy gives Carlson access to 1/6 footage, raising alarms

Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson

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Democrats assail Fox News’ possession of Jan. 6 Capitol video

WASHINGTON — Tucker Carlson’s access to unpublicized footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is an “egregious security breach” by Republicans, the House’s top Democrat says.

Tribune News Service

Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election

A jury is hearing testimony from a former high-ranking Proud Boys member who pleaded guilty to plotting with group leaders to violently stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden

The Independent UK

A spot in the Capitol for Billy Graham’s statue? NC lawmakers want it to happen faster

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham had to die before his statue could be placed in the U.S. Capitol, but on the fifth anniversary of his death his memorial still hasn’t made it into the Statuary Hall collection.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy gives Tucker Jan. 6 footage

Jan. 6 committee members raised "significant security concerns" over the release

Salon

Former US Rep. Adam Kinzinger to release book in October

The Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol has a book deal

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee aide hits Tucker Carlson's surveillance footage access

McCarthy is giving Carlson's producers access to up to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance video.

Axios

Students, faculty return to Michigan State University, a week after mass shooting

Classes resume on the Michigan State campus, where three were killed and five hurt, but some students skipped classes to attend a gun protest at the state capitol.

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Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape

Exclusive: Carlson producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds.

The Guardian - US

We get 28 days for Black history in the US – but every month is White History Month

Conservatives are blocking a more inclusive version of history – even as our Capitol contains statues of white supremacists

The Guardian - UK

Bernie Sanders on going viral: ‘There I was with my mittens on the moon, at the Last Supper, on the Titanic’

In an extract from his new book It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, the US senator talks about the Capitol attack, Biden’s inauguration, and his sensible attire becoming a global sensation

The Independent UK

Fox News blocked Trump from on-air call during the Capitol riot because it would be ‘irresponsible’

Fox News and parent company being sued for $1.6bn by Dominion Voting Systems over election claims

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'They were stolen from us': Grieving Michigan State students continue push for gun control measures

LANSING, Mich. — For the second time since their campus became the scene of a deadly mass shooting this week, students from Michigan State University gathered Friday evening at the Michigan Capitol to call on legislators to pass gun control laws that may prevent others from experiencing similar tragedies.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 investigation sheds light on events in Georgia

A U.S. House committee spent months investigating the events that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Its final report details then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution aloud for 43 minutes

To hear the Republicans tell it, the U.S. Constitution has been beaten, buffeted and willfully misconstrued by radical socialists and liberal Democrats who hope to twist it to encourage abortions, promote transgender rights and confiscate Americans' guns.

Tribune News Service

NC man slashed at cop with a flag pole on Jan. 6; now he faces up to 4 years in prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Jan. 6, 2021, Matthew Beddingfield used a flag pole topped by an American flag to slash and stab at the genitalia of a police officer trying to keep him out of the U.S. Capitol.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida's lawmaker meetings, other public spaces stay gun-free under permitless carry bill

State lawmakers are considering letting Floridians carry concealed guns in public without a permit — but not at their meetings.

Tribune News Service

Texas man pleads guilty to assaulting police in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Hurst man has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement, resulting in body injury during the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty to Capitol attack months after shooting

A North Carolina man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while free on bail for an attempted murder case has pleaded guilty to attacking police officers with a pole attached to an American flag during the mob’s riot

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