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DC Prepares for Possible Protests If Trump Is Indicted
Local and federal authorities say they aren’t aware of any specific pro-Trump protests planned in the District.
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Pelosi Announces Retirement as House Speaker, Paving Way for New Democratic Leadership
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that after more than two decades as the Democratic Party’s leader in the House of Representatives, she will not seek re-election to serve as the party’s congressional head. Pelosi will continue to serve as the representative her district in San Francisco.
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Nancy Pelosi Announces She Won't Seek Leadership Role, Plans to Stay in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way for a new generation of leaders after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections.
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This Year's Capitol Hill Christmas Tree Will Come From North Carolina
For 50 years, the “People’s Tree” has come from a different national forest every year, this year it will come from the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.
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Capitol Ditches Mask Requirement Ahead of State of the Union
Face coverings are now optional for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, set for Tuesday.
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Climate Activists Resume Weeklong Protest at Capitol
Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change.
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DC Bomb Threat Suspect Ruled Competent, Pleads Not Guilty
The North Carolina man accused of a bomb threat that shuttered Capitol Hill last month pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, as a judge ruled him competent to proceed in the case after adjustments were made to his medication regimen.