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What’s it take to become ‘energy congressman of the world’? A video series, perhaps

WASHINGTON — Some congressional candidates might try to obscure their devotion to a particular industry. Not Wesley Hunt.

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Games area planned for Washington primary school to develop 'sporting opportunities' for kids

A planning application has been submitted that proposes to build a multi-use games area Oxclose Primary Academy in Washington

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Friday briefing: The full story of Donald Trump’s plot to steal the White House

In today’s newsletter: As the January 6 hearings close in Washington DC, Nimo Omer breaks down the five biggest takeaways from the year-long inquiry

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Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas to call off the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and remained publicly silent as he watched the violence unfold on television from his personal dining room off the Oval Office, according to evidence and testimony to the committee investigating last year’s insurrection.

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Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

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Jan. 6 committee shows Josh Hawley fleeing from Senate after pumping fist to protesters

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday highlighted footage of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., fleeing the Senate Chamber as the building was being overrun by a mob of Trump supporters.

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‘The dam has begun to break’: Jan. 6 panel lays out Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 constituted a dereliction of duty, the House committee investigating the insurrection said in its prime-time hearing Thursday.

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Trump spurned aides’ pleas to quell Jan. 6 riot, panel told

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas from his advisers and took no action for hours to quell the violent mob storming the Capitol because he wanted them to stop or delay certification of the 2020 election results, members of the panel investigating the insurrection said.

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Pence’s security detail feared for their lives on Jan. 6, White House official testifies

WASHINGTON — A former White House official described as an employee with national security responsibilities told the select committee investigating Jan. 6 that former Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail feared for their lives.

Los Angeles Times

Trump sat in dining room for hours on Jan. 6: ‘The president didn’t want anything done’

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump sat in the West Wing’s dining room for more than 21/2 hours after being informed of the violence raging at the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to evidence presented at Thursday’s congressional hearing on the insurrection.

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New witnesses confirm ‘heated’ discussion between Trump and Secret Service agent

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating Jan. 6 announced Thursday that it has interviewed multiple witnesses who corroborated elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony on June 28 .

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court turns down Biden’s emergency immigration appeal

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an emergency appeal from the Biden administration and left in place a Texas judge’s order that says the government must detain and deport immigrants who have serious crimes on their record.

Los Angeles Times

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to answer multiple questions about Capitol riot

Mr Meadows was confronted by reporters while walking in Washington DC

The Independent UK

A dangerous volcano can teach us something about national solidarity

Clearly, a massive eruption or earthquake or tsunami anywhere on the globe would be a tragedy. And yet, because this danger is in Washington State, I would feel it more acutely than if it struck elsewhere.

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House approves measure to protect the right to contraception

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation that would codify the federal right to contraception, although the measure faces slim odds in the Senate because of GOP concerns about the broadness of the bill.

The Independent UK

Governors' immigrant-busing strategy hits home for mayors

Two Republican border-state governors who are investing billions of dollars on immigration enforcement have found indirect support from the Democratic mayors of Washington and New York

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Bellator 283 predictions: Ex-champ Douglas Lima or Jason Jackson in Washington?

Check out our staff members' picks for the Bellator 283 main card featuring Douglas Lima vs. Jason Jackson in Tacoma, Wash.

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Democrats press efforts to stem gun violence with House panel advancing assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed further this week on efforts to combat gun violence, as a House committee advanced a ban on assault weapons and President Joe Biden planned more executive actions to fight crime.

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Washington state tribes will receive $50m for Puget Sound restoration

The funding will come from the federal infrastructure bill passed last year

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Bannon's lawyers argue for early acquittal in contempt case

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon’s defense team made another attempt to end his criminal case for defying a Jan. 6 committee subpoena, urging a federal judge to acquit him because the evidence presented by prosecutors was too thin.

Los Angeles Times

Biden tests positive for coronavirus, has ‘very mild symptoms’

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House announced Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sen. Murray seeks 6th term at new inflection point for women

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state is seeking her sixth term at a new inflection point for women

Chicago Sun-Times

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that President Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease.

Los Angeles Times

President Biden tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Thursday.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: US energy sector dispute with Mexico

The U.S. government has forced Mexico into negotiations over what Washington considers unfair practices that effectively exclude U.S. and other foreign companies from the Mexican energy sector in violation of the free trade agreement they signed with Canada

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