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As city backtracks, Senate vote on DC criminal changes going ahead

Senate Majority Leader Schumer is rejecting an attempt by D.C. officials to avoid a vote to block a new criminal code.

Roll Call

Biden Embraces the Fearmongering, Vows To Squash D.C.'s Mild Criminal Justice Reforms

In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.

Reason

DC conflict reflects wider efforts undermining local control

The expected move next week in Congress to overturn District of Columbia laws dealing with criminal justice and voting has created a political tempest in the nation’s capital, with local activists decrying it as the latest effort to undermine the city’s ability to determine its own future

The Independent UK

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Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

Salon

In a reversal, Biden says he’ll sign Republican DC crime bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he’d sign Republican legislation barring the government in Washington, D.C., from making changes to its own criminal code, reversing his earlier position in a move that will surely anger statehood advocates and others in the heavily Democratic city.

Tribune News Service

Biden tells Senate Democrats he won't veto GOP-led resolution blocking D.C. crime law

Congress has final authority over the capital city.

Axios

House passes resolutions to block DC voting, criminal code changes

WASHINGTON — The House passed resolutions Thursday to overturn District of Columbia bills that would allow immigrants to vote in local elections and reduce criminal penalties, the first time the chamber has voted to nix local measures in eight years.

Tribune News Service

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House passes resolutions to block DC voting, criminal code changes - Roll Call

The House passed resolutions Thursday to overturn District of Columbia bills on noncitizen voting and criminal penalties.

Roll Call

Biden prepares for State of the Union as US collects Chinese balloon debris – as it happened

Officials claim suspected spy balloon entered US three times during Trump presidency – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

DC residents demand police action after 13-year-old killed

The fatal shooting of a middle-school student has sparked public uproar in Washington as the nation’s capital struggles with rising tensions about violent crime and racial justice

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Tourists In D.C. Can Now Legally Buy Weed As Mayor Bowser Signs Legislation Allowing MMJ Self-Certification

Washington, D.C.'s Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) made a significant move this week for two industries – tourism and cannabis. On Monday, Bowser signed a bill that would allow tourists visiting the nation's capital to self-certify as medical marijuana patients without a physician's recommendation.

Benzinga

Black families fall further behind on homeownership

Some cities and states are trying to boost Black homeownership, which dropped to a 60-year low even before the economic turmoil wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Why Republican governors are relocating migrants across US

GOP defends push that rights groups denounce as political stunt ahead of midterm elections. What exactly is going on?

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Washington, D.C., mayor declares public health emergency over Texas’ migrant busing

Muriel Bowser will open a $10 million office to provide services to the migrants arriving as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing program.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Sanctuary cities, border crisis costs, and a rude awakening for the Left

Record numbers of illegal immigrants are entering the country illegally and spreading throughout the interior of United States — and it’s playing out in a sadly predictable way.

Benzinga

Gov Worker & MMJ Patient Fired For 'Intoxication': D.C. Office Of Employee Appeals Steps Up

The D.C. Office of Employee Appeals (OEA) ruled in favor of a government employee and medical marijuana (MMJ) patient who was fired after being suspected of intoxication in the workplace and who subsequently tested positive for marijuana in late 2020.

Reason

40 Percent of D.C.'s Black Teens Will Soon Be Barred From School Because They Aren't Vaccinated

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council will force all public school students ages 12 and up to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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The Independent UK

Pentagon rejects DC request for National Guard migrant help

The Pentagon has once again denied a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in dealing with thousands of migrants being bused to the city from Texas and Arizona

The Independent UK

NYC Mayor Eric Adams slams Texas Gov Greg Abbott for busing migrants as he asks for federal help

Abbott started Lone Star Operation in April by sending buses with undocumented migrants arriving in Texas to Washington DC

The Texas Tribune

“This is horrific,” New York City mayor says of Greg Abbott’s policy as second busload of migrants from Texas arrives

In an expansion of the governor’s plan to bus migrants from the Texas border to East Coast cities, 64 asylum-seekers arrived in New York City over the weekend.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

WEKU

GOP governors sent buses of migrants to D.C. — with no plan for what came next

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C. Neither the local nor federal government greets them when they arrive.

The Independent UK

Trump’s former defence secretary contradicts own sworn Jan 6 testimony on Fox News

’I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature,’ said former defence secretary Mark Miller in a video shared by the January 6 Committee

The Independent UK

Trump says he sent Secret Service agents to move homeless people in DC

Former president says homelessness rampant in DC. Data shows it’s at its lowest rate in 17 years

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