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Watchdog report pans Capitol Police over Jan. 6 threat sharing

WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police and other federal entities fell short of consistently sharing threat information in the lead-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.

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Families of Uvalde victims confront Texas' police chief

Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texas’ police chief in an emotional end to a day of protests at the state Capitol over gun laws

The Independent UK

McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “exclusive” access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack

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Watchdog report pans Capitol Police over Jan. 6 threat sharing - Roll Call

The agency says it is taking steps to implement the recommendation from the Government Accountability Office.

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GOP pushes to give Capitol security footage to Jan. 6 defendants

"Everyone accused of a crime in this country deserves due process."

Axios

Jan 6 suspect known as ‘Sedition Panda’ is arrested

‘He was among the first approximately twenty rioters to enter [Parliamentary door] after it was breached,’ FBI affidavit states

The Independent UK

Editorial: McCarthy gave Capitol footage to Carlson. Real journalists must have access too

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere on that list. McCarthy’s outrageous decision to give Carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of Capitol security camera data that is generally…

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Editorial: The House speaker plays a dangerous game by providing Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 surveillance footage

What does Kevin McCarthy think he’s playing at? The House speaker has given Fox News polemicist Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security footage during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. To anyone who believes in honest transparency and the safe functioning of our legislative branch,…

Tribune News Service

20-year-old Georgia man found guilty of 2 felonies in Jan. 6 riot

A Milton, Georgia, man who made his way to the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot faces a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a federal judge found him guilty of two felonies in a verdict delivered Friday in Washington, D.C.

Tribune News Service

Man to be executed for 1990 Florida murder while a fugitive

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman near Florida's Capitol 32 years ago is set to be executed by lethal injection

The Independent UK

January 6 insurrection has proved an obsession for Fox News’s Tucker Carlson

Whatever the TV host claims the footage from Kevin McCarthy shows will be worth taking with a generous pinch of salt

The Guardian - US

Jan 6 rioter who posted ‘assassinate AOC’ after storming Capitol sentenced to three years in prison

Garret Miller wore a T-shirt with Trump’s image commemorating the Capitol attack when he was arrested

The Independent UK

Democrats condemn McCarthy for handing Capitol attack footage to Tucker Carlson – as it happened

House Republican leader’s move ‘poses grave security risks’, Democrats say

The Guardian - US

Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host

After reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the tapes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the move.

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Driver's licenses for unauthorized immigrants in Minnesota soon to become law

MINNEAPOLIS — Unauthorized immigrants would be able to obtain driver's licenses under legislation on its way to Gov. Tim Walz, a priority of Democrats at the State Capitol who say it will make Minnesota safer.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘It’s a joke!’ City Council members grill Chicago police officials about extremists in their ranks

Chicago City Council members repeatedly expressed frustration Wednesday as police officials gave conflicting, sometimes puzzling reasons why they have not moved more aggressively against officers tied to far-right groups implicated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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Editorial: Kevin McCarthy lets Fox News’ Tucker Carlson look at Jan. 6 riot footage. Big mistake

In a news conference at the Capitol last month, a reporter asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the videotapes of the Jan. 6 riot should be released to the public. “Yeah, I think the public should see what happened,” the California Republican said.

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Top appropriations aide and ‘institutionalist’ Kieffer to retire - Roll Call

Charles Kieffer is retiring after more than four decades working on budget and appropriations policy for the White House and on Capitol Hill.

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Salon

Alarm after Carlson lands Jan. 6 video

Critics fume after McCarthy hands footage of "domestic riot to only one member of an extremist media organization"

The Independent UK

McCarthy gives Carlson access to 1/6 footage, raising alarms

Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson

Tribune News Service

Democrats assail Fox News’ possession of Jan. 6 Capitol video

WASHINGTON — Tucker Carlson’s access to unpublicized footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is an “egregious security breach” by Republicans, the House’s top Democrat says.

The Independent UK

Ex-member: Proud Boys were 'tip of the spear' after election

A jury is hearing testimony from a former high-ranking Proud Boys member who pleaded guilty to plotting with group leaders to violently stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden

Tribune News Service

A spot in the Capitol for Billy Graham’s statue? NC lawmakers want it to happen faster

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham had to die before his statue could be placed in the U.S. Capitol, but on the fifth anniversary of his death his memorial still hasn’t made it into the Statuary Hall collection.

Salon

McCarthy gives Tucker Jan. 6 footage

Jan. 6 committee members raised "significant security concerns" over the release

The Independent UK

Former US Rep. Adam Kinzinger to release book in October

The Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol has a book deal

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