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Commentary: If Democrats show respect for the 2nd Amendment, Republicans will compromise on safety legislation

The main reason that Republicans on Capitol Hill and their supporters around the country refuse to pass legislation that would place major restrictions on the use of handguns and assault rifles is fear that imposing restrictions will ultimately lead to the confiscation of handguns and assault rifles.

Tribune News Service

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate’s Ukraine aid delay

WASHINGTON — To many observers on Capitol Hill and in foreign aid circles, Sen. Rand Paul’s lonely opposition to swift passage of a $40 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is nothing new. The Kentucky Republican has a well-known penchant for spending hawkishness mixed with dovishness…

Tribune News Service

Capitol Hill fox that bit several people euthanised to allow rabies testing

‘If anyone sees another fox on Capitol Hill, let’s all agree to not say a word about it, ok?’

The Independent UK

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U2 frontman Bono spotted on Capitol Hill campaigning to ensure global access for Covid vaccines

The singer posed for pictures with several American politicians while visiting Washington D.C.

Irish Mirror

Donald Trump phone record ‘has seven hour gap’ on day of Capitol Hill riot

Trump talked to at least eight people by phone before the gap and 11 afterwards, according to reports

Evening Standard

Wife of Supreme Court Justice texted Trump chief about overturning 2020 election

The wife of a Supreme Court judge texted Donald Trump begging him to overturn his 2020 election loss as apart of a conspiracy theory that led to the storming of Capitol Hill

Daily Mirror

Workers at a Seattle Starbucks vote to unionize, hoping to send a signal of change to the food-service industry

SEATTLE — A mile away from the flagship location where Starbucks launched in Seattle 50 years ago, a small group of local Starbucks employees huddled around an iPad under the bright lights of a hotel conference room and watched as they became the only unionized company-owned store in town.

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White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened

White House Covid team unveils plan for next phase of pandemic including model where people who test positive can easily get treatment

The Guardian - US

Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book

‘The absurd lengths to which he took his “stolen election” claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill’

The Independent UK

Angelina Jolie, at US Capitol, Presses for Domestic Violence Law

Film star Angelina Jolie was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday pleading with US lawmakers to immediately pass measures to combat domestic violence. At a press briefing in the US Capitol, Jolie expressed support for renewing legislation that would provide victims of such abuse with medical and legal assistance, as well…

Asharq Al-Awsat

To highlight economic growth, Biden goes shopping for gifts

President Joe Biden is pledging to chat more with everyday Americans and followed through by visiting a gift shop and ice cream store in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood

The Independent UK

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