The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

US Capitol riot: Proud Boys ‘recruit’ sentenced to over 4 years

US authorities say Joshua Pruitt, 40, came into contact with Senator Chuck Schumer during January 6, 2021 riot.

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2022

Graham predicts ‘riots in streets’ if Trump is prosecuted over classified records

Republican South Carolina senator cites 'the ‘Clinton debacle’ and claims the FBI failed to investigate Hunter Biden

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2022

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022

Capitol Records drops ‘offensive’ AI rapper FN Meka after outcry over racial stereotyping

Label has apologised to ‘the Black community’ after signing an AI-generated rapper that used the N-word and was shown being beaten by police

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2022

Andrew Tate shows how fascists recruit

Young men’s dating woes attract them to online misogynists, who then convert them to authoritarianism

Salon · Aug 23, 2022

Politicians try to connect on TikTok, but risk the dreaded eye roll

LOS ANGELES — As Megan Thee Stallion raps about her desires for a lover, a young woman records herself in her room, strutting toward her phone in sweatpants and a tank top.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 23, 2022

Trump attacks McConnell's wife over jab

Trump lashed out after McConnell warned the former president's Senate candidates could cost the GOP control

Salon · Aug 22, 2022

Cheney vows to fight other Republicans who embrace Trump’s election lie

Cheney says two Republican US senators – Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley – have both made themselves ‘unfit for future office’

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2022

Editorial: Liz Cheney vs. Trump. Will the GOP get on the right side of this fight?

It would be easy to dismiss Liz Cheney’s post-primary crusade against Donald Trump as a quixotic campaign doomed to falter in the face of a Republican Party resigned to follow the former president, come what may.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 20, 2022

Editorial: Wyoming Republicans affirm that principles no longer apply. Only Trump matters

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is hardly the only Republican to suffer at the polls for having placed principle over party, but she’s definitely the most high-profile one because of her leadership role on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. In Wyoming’s Republican primary Tuesday, voters…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 18, 2022