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US capital withdraws criminal justice reform bill

Move comes as the US Senate was expected to vote down proposed changes to criminal code in Washington, DC.

Al Jazeera

As DC backtracks on changes to city's criminal code, Senate vote is moving forward

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has rejected a plea from the Democratic chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council to cancel a planned vote on a House-passed measure blocking the district’s new criminal code.

Tribune News Service

DC to pull new crime law; impact on Senate vote unclear

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As city backtracks, Senate vote on DC criminal changes going ahead

Senate Majority Leader Schumer is rejecting an attempt by D.C. officials to avoid a vote to block a new criminal code.

Roll Call

XFL’s D.C. Defenders improve 3-0 on the season

The highest-scoring XFL game of the season featured a fight, and another D.C. Defenders win.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Apple-TV+ And The MLS Have Proven A Fruitful Partnership

Apple TV + and the MLS spared no expense to make sure all their broadcasts had quality and world is watching, and very impressed

Zenger

"Rip roarin' pissed": Biden's D.C. crime stunner strains relations with House Dems

"He is going to have a much harder time asking people to take tough votes after this."

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White House clarifies what policy statements do, and do not, mean

WASHINGTON — In the days since an upbeat meeting with President Joe Biden at a party retreat in Baltimore, House Democrats have been expressing frustration with the White House over the president’s decision to sign legislation to overturn a rewrite of the local criminal code in Washington, D.C.

Tribune News Service

Biden Embraces the Fearmongering, Vows To Squash D.C.'s Mild Criminal Justice Reforms

In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.

Reason

Biden won’t veto push to overturn law in US capital. Here’s why

US president angers progressives by saying he will not veto Congress bill to block justice reform in Washington, DC.

Al Jazeera

DC conflict reflects wider efforts undermining local control

The expected move next week in Congress to overturn District of Columbia laws dealing with criminal justice and voting has created a political tempest in the nation’s capital, with local activists decrying it as the latest effort to undermine the city’s ability to determine its own future

The Independent UK

Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

Salon

AOC boasts she was right after Amazon ceases building HQ2 in Washington DC

‘Amazon wanted $3.5bn in benefits from NY to build this thing they’ve stopped building. @AOC was right’

The Independent UK

Family of Shanquella Robinson demand action from DC officials four months after mystery death in Mexico

Four months after the investigation into Shanquella Robinson’s was launched, no arrests have been made.

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White House clarifies what policy statements do, and do not, mean - Roll Call

House Democrats are voicing frustration over Biden's decision not to veto legislation that would overturn an updated D.C. criminal code.

Tribune News Service

In a reversal, Biden says he’ll sign Republican DC crime bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he’d sign Republican legislation barring the government in Washington, D.C., from making changes to its own criminal code, reversing his earlier position in a move that will surely anger statehood advocates and others in the heavily Democratic city.

Axios

House Republicans celebrate first big win as Biden accepts D.C. crime resolution

Biden's refusal to veto the resolution has provided welcome cover to vulnerable Senate Democrats.

Axios

Biden tells Senate Democrats he won't veto GOP-led resolution blocking D.C. crime law

Congress has final authority over the capital city.

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No veto of measure blocking new D.C. criminal code, Biden tells senators - Roll Call

Shocking some Democrats, President Biden said Thursday he would not veto a measure blocking a revised Washington, D.C., criminal code.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Help for the 9/11 ailing: Congress can’t stall in passing bill for WTC responders and survivors

After years of effort from this column and elsewhere, in 2010 Congress created the World Trade Center Health Program and then in 2015 voted to keep it open for responders and survivors until 2090. But the numbers of people hit with cancers and other diseases from the poisons of the…

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: What early DC bloom means for US fruit harvests

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The Independent UK

DC's cherry blossoms coming early due to confusing weather

The cherry trees in the nation’s capital are confused by Earth’s changing climate, with the iconic blossoms appearing earlier than expected because of the unusually warm winter

The Independent UK

Fontaines DC and Self Esteem to feature on new Nick Drake album

The Irish band have released their interpretation of ‘Cello Song’ today which will feature on the record

Reason

The End of a Weed Paradise

D.C. is destroying its thriving cannabis industry with bureaucracy and red tape.

Zenger

DC Cherry Blossoms Off To Early Start, But Winter Isn’t Over Yet

Due to warmer weather, the iconic cherry blossoms that herald the start of spring are starting to bud

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