Pardons for friends, retribution for foes - Roll Call President Donald Trump has used the power of his office in ways critics and experts say inject politics into the criminal justice system. Roll Call · May 7, 2025
‘Love you guys,’ Trump tells pardoned convict Enrique Tarrio at Mar-a-Lago: report Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for conspiring with other Proud Boys to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. He was pardoned buy Donald Trump The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Democrats rally at US Capitol to decry ‘failure’ of Trump’s first 100 days Lawmakers including Chuck Schumer denounce ‘failure’ on economy, costs, foreign policy, democracy and middle class The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025
Large Libel Models: New AI Libel Lawsuit, Brought by Conservative Activist Robby Starbuck Against Meta Some excerpts from the long Complaint in Starbuck v. Meta Platforms, Inc., filed in Delaware Superior Court yesterday (for… The post Large Libel Models: New AI Libel Lawsuit, Brought by Conservative Activist Robby Starbuck Against Meta appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Apr 30, 2025
Capitol Lens | ‘The tall and the short’ - Roll Call “The tall and the short,” Sen. Ron Wyden remarks as he poses with former Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski in the Capitol on Wednesday. Roll Call · Apr 30, 2025
Childcare in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids As more women and young people run for public office, they’re bringing more than fresh policy ideas to statehouses The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Activist pastor who has criticized Trump arrested while praying inside Capitol William Barber, leader of ‘Moral Monday’ progressive movement, was arrested Monday by Capitol Police officers along with two others The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker hold 12-hour sit-in against GOP funding plan Democratic House leader and New Jersey senator protest on steps of US Capitol over proposed Republican budget The Guardian - US · Apr 27, 2025
Pardoned J6 Rioter Claims He 'Received No Due Process' During Texas Town Hall Showdown: 'That's Why I'm Running for Congress' Ryan Nichols, who was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, said he is running for Congress because he did not receive due process. Latin Times · Apr 25, 2025
FSU students who endured Parkland shooting urge Florida lawmakers to defend gun control law Florida students who were traumatized by the 2018 Parkland school shooting — and last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University — are urging lawmakers in the Republican-controlled statehouse not to roll back gun restrictions they passed in the wake of the killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025
Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally ask US Supreme Court to keep their identities anonymous Current and former Seattle police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” political rally on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol are asking the nation’s highest court to keep their identities anonymous in public court records The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025
Photos of the week | April 4-10, 2025 - Roll Call Photos of the week: The Senate held its budget resolution vote-a-rama last Friday, with the House adopting the resolution on Thursday before both chambers left town for the two-week Easter recess. Roll Call · Apr 11, 2025
Capitol Rioters May Receive Payouts After Trump's DOJ 'Agrees' Money Used to Fix Damage From Insurrection Could Be Returned The DOJ says Capitol rioters whose convictions were vacated due to President Donald Trump's clemency may be entitled to restitution refunds. Latin Times · Apr 9, 2025
Medicaid recipients demand that Congress protect healthcare program People from 28 states marched on Capitol Hill to demand that lawmakers protect program from Republican cuts The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2025
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Live on location, DOGE subcommittee looks at federal real estate - Roll Call Marjorie Taylor Greene took her DOGE agenda on the road Tuesday, but the tour didn’t go far. The panel held a field hearing just three blocks from the Capitol.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Capitol Lens | Chomp and circumstance - Roll Call Rep. Kat Cammack does the University of Florida "gator chomp" in the Capitol on Tuesday before a House Republican Conference meeting.
The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025 Jan 6 rioters pardoned by Trump accuse Kash Patel of ‘stabbing them in the back’ MAGA loyalists are outraged after man involved in investigation into Capitol riot is promoted
The Guardian - US · Apr 4, 2025 She’s a waitress raised on a farm – can Rebecca Cooke win a key Wisconsin seat? Moderate Democrat believes she can unseat Republican Derrick Van Orden, who was at the Capitol on January 6
Roll Call · Apr 4, 2025 Photos of the week | March 28-April 3, 2025 - Roll Call Photos of the week: Cherry blossoms, rainbows, Oliver Stone, tariffs and the Senate GOP budget plan highlighted the week in Washington.
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025 Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and being handcuffed by police
The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025 Stuck in the past: Trump tariffs and other policies are dragging the U.S. back to the 19th century During Donald Trump’s first term as president, the United States lurched from the absurdity of his lies to the use of his office for personal financial gain, his schoolyard insults and his utter contempt for critics. His term ended with his irresponsible and dangerous incitement of the assault on the…
Fashion Times · Apr 1, 2025 Hunger Games Fans Slam SHEIN Collab Encouraging Them to 'Rebel Against the Ordinary': 'Something the Capitol Would Do' "The Hunger Games" fans are not happy with Lionsgate and Susan Collin's new collaboration with fast-fashion megacorporation SHEIN.
Roll Call · Apr 1, 2025 Senate staffer arrested for carrying unlicensed pistol in the Capitol - Roll Call The man, listed as a special assistant for Sen. Cory Booker, was stopped right as the New Jersey Republican was preparing to hold the floor for his marathon speech.
Latin Times · Apr 1, 2025 Colorado Governor Trolls Trump With Animated Portrait After Removing President's 'Distorted' Image: 'I Have Never Looked Better' Colorado Governor Jared Polis is having some fun at Donald Trump's expense after the former president's portrait was removed from the state Capitol.
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2025 Capitol Lens | A bloom with a view - Roll Call Roll Call’s photojournalists share some of their photos from the past few days of springtime in Washington.