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US Capitol security review set to call for adding more than 1,000 police officers and retractable fencing
A review of US Capitol security in the wake of the January 6 insurrection is set to recommend a series of sweeping changes next week intended to better protect lawmakers while they are in Washington, DC, and at home, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the findings.
[ cnn.com ]Republicans push new restrictive election bills in 43 states
Republican lawmakers are introducing bills to reduce voting accessibility across the nation, building off of former President Trump's election fraud claims during the 2020 election. CNN's Dianne Gallagher tells us more.
[ cnn.com ]Proud Boys leader has no sympathy for lawmakers targeted by Capitol riot
• Ex-Proud Boys member on what it's like in the far-right group
[ cnn.com ]GOP-backed Iowa bill aimed at restricting voting access heads to governor's desk
• Opinion: Republicans react to 2020 defeats by trying to make it harder to vote • Georgia GOP pushing new sweeping bill to restrict voting • Arizona Republicans propose giving lawmakers final review of election
[ cnn.com ]Lawmakers angrily grill Capitol security officials over lack of leadership as mob stormed US Capitol
House lawmakers angrily grilled acting US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and acting House Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett on Thursday over the security failures that occurred on January 6, repeatedly pressing both officials on the lack of communication by law enforcement leaders as their officers were overwhelmed by the pro-Trump mob that day.
[ cnn.com ]Arizona Republicans propose giving lawmakers final review of election results
Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "if needed" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential electors -- as Republican lawmakers around the country work to change election laws in the wake of the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]Biden's CIA director pick set to face senators in hearing
President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, will face questions from lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, his final hurdle on the path to being confirmed as the first lifelong diplomat to serve as director of the nation's preeminent spy agency.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Hong Kong's loyalty oath requires lawmakers to love China, and the Communist Party
What does it mean to be a patriot in modern China? Can someone love the country while opposing the ruling Communist Party?
[ cnn.com ]Pence speaks highly of Trump in meeting and notes he'll soon launch a political group
Former Vice President Mike Pence told a group of conservative lawmakers on Tuesday that he maintains a close personal friendship with former President Donald Trump, while noting that he plans to launch a political organization that will defend their administration's record over the past four years.
[ cnn.com ]Police captain describes suffering chemical burns on her face
Captain Carneysha Mendoza, one of many US Capitol police officers injured while responding to the deadly insurrection on January 6, recalled to lawmakers how her face was burned by chemicals used by rioters and her arm nearly broken as they stormed the Capitol.
[ cnn.com ]Big student loan debt is not a 'Harvard, Yale and Penn' problem
On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised to cancel at least $10,000 of federal student loans for all borrowers in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Over 60 lawmakers and 17 state attorneys general have called on him to go further and cancel up to $50,000 administratively. When Biden was asked if he would cancel $50,000 of student debt for struggling borrowers at a CNN Town Hall last Tuesday, his answer unfortunately reflected some commonly held misconceptions about student loan borrowers.
[ cnn.com ]Lawmakers call Biden's Yemen policy a 'historic shift' in US foreign relations
When President Joe Biden announced the US will end support for Saudi Arabia's offensive operations in Yemen, Rep. Ro Khanna felt the decision was a vindication of a fight he's been engaged in for years.
[ cnn.com ]Florida Gov. proposes voting restriction bills
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a slate of voting proposals Friday that he wants lawmakers to pass in their upcoming legislative session, including restricting the mass mailing of mail-in ballots and access to ballot drop boxes.
[ cnn.com ]FBI and intel agencies hand over first documents to lawmakers ahead of Capitol attack hearings
House investigators have received the first batch of documents they requested from the FBI and intelligence agencies as part of their ongoing probe into security failures around the January 6 US Capitol attack, according to an official from one of the committees investigating the matter.
[ cnn.com ]Facebook faces a global backlash
Facebook's decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world's biggest social media platform and the governments and news organizations fighting to check its power.
[ cnn.com ]Dolly Parton says 'thanks, but no thanks' to a statue of her at the Tennessee capitol
Dolly Parton has told Tennessee lawmakers that actually, no, she doesn't want a statue of her erected at the Tennessee Capitol.
[ cnn.com ]GOP state lawmakers and election officials launch commission to examine voting laws
Republican state legislators and secretaries of state on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission that will look at election laws amid a push to curb expanded access to voting.
[ cnn.com ]These GOP lawmakers are facing backlash from state parties for not backing Trump
State Republican parties are taking action against former President Donald Trump.
[ cnn.com ]Sketches of lawmakers watching videos from Trump counsel on Day 4 of the impeachment trial
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers showed the Senate multiple videos of Democratic politicians saying they would "fight" to argue that Trump's rhetoric on January 6 did not incite the rioters who attacked the Capitol afterward.
[ cnn.com ]Story keeps getting worse for Andrew Cuomo on Covid-19
Amid the swirling controversy over whether New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration knowingly undercounted deaths among nursing home residents during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state, a top aide for the governor apologized to Democratic lawmakers, saying the administration "froze" when initially asked by state legislators back in August about the issue.
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