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Committee behind an initiative to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers in D.C. submits signatures for the June ballot

On Feb. 22, the DC Committee to Build a Better Restaurant Industry submitted 34,000 signatures to the D.C. Board of Elections in an effort to place Initiative 82 on the June ballot. Initiative 82 would incrementally increase the tipped minimum wage from $5.05 in 2021 to match the minimum wage…

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Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

A U.S. official says the Pentagon is likely to approve 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops in response to requests for assistance by the District of Columbia and the U.S. Capitol Police ahead of planned truck convoys

The Independent UK

What we know about possible trucker protests coming to Washington DC

‘Freedom convoys’ across US aim to replicate Canada demonstrations that gripped Ontario

The Independent UK

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Capitol Police briefing Hill staff on potential trucker rally in DC - Roll Call

Capitol Police are briefing congressional staff on Friday on planning efforts regarding a potential trucker convoy protest in D.C.

Roll Call

Longtime DC police officer suspended over alleged contact with Proud Boys

The DC police have not named officer under scrutiny

The Independent UK

Democrats ask government to cancel Trump’s DC hotel lease

‘In light of these new revelations ... we request that you consider terminating the Old Post Office Building lease to former President Trump and the Trump Organization,’ wrote Reps Carolyn Maloney and Gerald Connolly

The Independent UK

How Black America changed in the last census

The story of Black Americans in the 2020 census is not about how the population grew, but where.

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How the Black population in the US changed in the last census

The story of Black Americans in the 2020 census is not how much population grew, but where the gains and losses happened

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106 people stuck on train between Boston and DC for seven hours

‘Apparently the universe does not want me to enjoy the outside world yet,’ passenger tweets

The Independent UK

Stewart Rhodes was a conspiracy theorist in search of a cause. He found one on January 6

Stewart Rhodes cycled through ideologies and conspiracies before he become obsessed with Donald Trump, writes Richard Hall. He will soon face charges of organising one of the most serious attempts to overthrow the government in modern history

The Independent UK

EV Charging Infrastructure Series Episode 1: Electrify America

Our panel speaks to Senior Director at Electrify America Robert Barrosa about the challenges and opportunities involved in DC fast-charging network deployment.

InsideEVs

‘Yours, DC’: David Cameron’s lobbying emails to cabinet minister over legacy project revealed

Exclusive: Former PM emailed culture secretary in a drive for youth funding

The Independent UK

Senator Rand Paul says he’s ‘all for’ American truckers blockading the Super Bowl and DC

‘It’d be a nice change. We’d actually have some traffic’

The Independent UK

Three DC high schools evacuated a day after Doug Emhoff’s security threat incident

Six DC schools hit with bomb threats day after Secret Service swiftly removes Second Gentleman during speech to students

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Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school visit over security threat

Mr Emhoff’s spokesman said he was safely evacuated from the area following the threat

The Independent UK

Joe Kent interview: Pro-Trump Republican challenger says Jan 6 protesters ‘held in DC gulag’

Former Green Beret hoping to take down one of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump tells The Independent hs support for the former president inspired him to run

The Independent UK

Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school visit after security threat

Second Gentleman is the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and a former entertainment attorney

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school over bomb threat – as it happened

Second gentleman escorted by security from Dunbar high school in Washington

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Mum gives birth to baby boy at 30,000ft on board 11-hour transatlantic flight

Cabin crew and passengers helped to deliver the baby boy after the mum went into labour weeks before her due date onboard a United Airlines flight between Accra, Ghana, and Washington, DC

InsideEVs

Electrify America Named Top DC Fast Charge Network Of 2021

We discuss the announcement that the electric vehicle charging network Electrify America was named Best in Test in a benchmark comparison of charging networks.

The Independent UK

How millionaire hacker’s paranoia led to $150-a-day worker being burned alive digging out doomsday bunker

Two DC-area men collaborated on a nuclear bunker. One died horribly during construction; the other is in prison. Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

New York attorney general subpoenas records on Trump’s DC hotel

James is looking at whether Trump’s company misled the federal government to obtain a lease on a historic Washington, DC building

The Independent UK

Trump calls for 'biggest protest ever in DC' if prosecutors investigating him do 'anything illegal'

‘For years, they’ve been going after my company, many years, using every trick in the book in an attempt to literally, if they can, put me in jail’

Salon

Union Station "covered" with swastikas

Photos of the defacement were posted to social media the day after Holocaust Remembrance Day

Wales Online

Pro-choice Avengers actress joins demonstrators in support of ‘bodily sovereignty’

The Avengers: Endgame actress at rally in Washington DC that appeared to be in opposition to US government vaccination mandates

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