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Acting Architect of the Capitol dismisses several top officials in wake of Blanton’s departure

WASHINGTON — Several members of the Architect of the Capitol’s leadership team were fired Thursday, according to an internal email obtained by CQ Roll Call and two aides familiar with the matter, in a further shakeup at the agency after the February removal of its head, J. Brett Blanton.

Tribune News Service

Court sides with Justice Dept. on Jan. 6 obstruction charge

A federal appeals court has sided with the Justice Department in a case that could have upended hundreds of charges brought following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Former Boston cop charged with assaulting Capitol police officer on Jan. 6 is arraigned in DC court

The former Boston cop accused of assaulting a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 riot was arraigned in a D.C. court on Thursday after he was arrested last month.

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Fox filing "almost an admission": host

"Any reference to the Capitol riot will only unfairly prejudice the jury against Fox," the company's lawyers said

Salon

Acting architect of the Capitol dismisses several top officials in wake of Blanton's departure - Roll Call

The acting Architect of the Capitol dismissed several of the agency's senior leaders, according to an email seen by CQ Roll Call.

Roll Call

Tennessee Three — minus one— expelled

Their expulsion is a petty act of revenge from Republicans who refuse to accept the will of the voters

Salon

Mike Pence will not appeal order to testify to January 6 grand jury

Decision clears way for former vice-president to appear before panel looking into 2020 election interference and Capitol attack

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Ex-Infowars employee who stormed Capitol gets home detention

A Texas man who worked for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, Infowars, has been sentenced to four months of home detention for joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Pence will give evidence against Trump in January 6 probe

Former vice president will give evidence as part of the Justice Department’s probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Independent UK

Dennis Anderson: Tomorrow’s Minnesotans won’t forgive for inaction on invasive carp

The year is 2035 and debate is raging at the Capitol in St. Paul about where to place a gaggle of bronze statues lawmakers commissioned to "commemorate" the transition in Minnesota between two major epochs, the Pre-Invasive Carp Period, otherwise commonly referred to as the "fun" time of human existence…

Tribune News Service

Ex-US Rep. Sarasin dies at 88; headed historical society

Ronald Sarasin, a three-term Republican congressman from Connecticut in the 1970s who later went on to lead the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, has died

The Independent UK

Quran taken from Texas Capitol chapel recovered by state police. They aren’t saying who removed it.

Days after it went missing, DPS identified the person who removed a family Quran Rep. Salman Bhojani had placed in the chapel. The state has since provided its own copy.

The Texas Tribune

Nikki Fried, Senate leader Book arrested by police during abortion protest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were arrested and taken away in handcuffs Monday night during a demonstration over an abortion bill outside Tallahassee City Hall near the Capitol.

Orlando Sentinel

Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democrats after gun protest

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have taken the first steps to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol

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Trump says he’s been indicted again: Here are all of the major lawsuits and investigations he is facing

Former president has fumed that the investigations – and now his criminal indictment – are politically motivated

Chicago Sun-Times

Nashville school shooter who killed 6 planned attack for months, police say

Investigators looking into the shooting at an elementary school report that Audrey Hale fired 152 rounds during the attack and studied actions of other mass shooters.

The Independent UK

Navy sailor charged in Capitol riot was stationed on carrier

The FBI says a man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol was stationed on a Navy aircraft carrier when he joined a mob’s attack on the building

Tribune News Service

The politics of ‘Manhood’: How Josh Hawley is capitalizing on a crisis among American men

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley walked into the U.S. Capitol on a Tuesday evening in March in cowboy boots and Ralph Lauren jeans.

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Prosecutors seeking nearly 6-year prison sentence for downstate Jan. 6 rioter

Shane Woods is among at least three dozen Illinoisans who have faced charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot.

Reuters

US Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system

Many Republicans in the U.S. Congress have responded to Donald Trump's looming Tuesday arraignment by characterizing the criminal justice system as corrupt, in accusations that parallel their earlier broadsides against the nation's elections after the former president's 2020 defeat.

WEKU

Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law

This week, GOP lawmakers overruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto and passed a sweeping law limiting the rights of transgender youth across the state, both at school and in their personal lives.

Axios

Democrats let staff work from home over Trump indictment safety fears

The Capitol Police is expected to ramp up its presence on the Hill.

WEKU

U.S. Capitol rioter the 'QAnon Shaman' is released early from federal prison

Jacob Chansley recieved one of the longest sentences handed down to a U.S. Capitol rioter. He has been freed from prison and sent to a reentry center until late May.

Salon

GOP "ignores" evidence to defend Trump

"They’re the same people who defended Trump after he incited the violent attempted insurrection on our Capitol"

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending March 31, 2023 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Rosie the Riveters, Richard Gere, Damar Hamlin and Starbucks highlighted the action in and around the Capitol this week.

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