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01/24/22

Manfred Theiry Mugler, French Fashion Icon Known for Sculpted Designs, Dies

TOKYO (AP) — French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73.

01/20/22

Senate Committee Approves DeSantis-Backed Bill Indirectly Targeting Critical Race Theory

Florida’s newly approved bill aims to prohibit language related to racism that would cause “discomfort” to white employers and teachers.

01/20/22

Jan 6 Committee Requests Interview With Ivanka Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its probe.

01/20/22

Voting Bill Collapses, Democrats Unable To Change Filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after a raw, emotional debate.

01/18/22

Sinema, Manchin Slammed As Senate Begins Voting Bill Debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stark criticism from civil rights leaders, senators return to Capitol Hill under intense pressure to change their rules and break a Republican filibuster that has hopelessly stalled voting legislation.

01/13/22

Kevin McCarthy Says He Won’t Cooperate With Jan 6 Panel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as it continues to seek first-hand details from members of Congress on former President Donald Trump’s actions on the day hundreds of his supporters brutally beat police, stormed the building and interrupted the certification of the 2020 election.

01/12/22

Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci Argue During Tense COVID-19 Hearing

The Kentucky senator and the nation’s leading infectious disease expert clashed in a COVID-19 hearing today over a series of accusations surrounding Rand Paul’s political attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci.

01/12/22

Indiana Lawmaker Apologizes for Encouraging “Impartial” Approach to Teaching Nazism in Schools

Scott Baldwin’s proposed senate bill stoked a political maelstrom when he suggested that teachers exercise neutrality in educating on Nazism and fascism.

01/10/22

North Carolina Voters Dispute Cawthorn Candidacy Over Jan 6

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in last January’s rally in Washington questioning the presidential election outcome before a Capitol riot later that day.

01/06/22

Trump Maintains Grip on GOP Despite Violent Insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a raging band of his supporters scaled walls, smashed windows, used flagpoles to beat police and breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn a free and fair election, Donald Trump's excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty, his name tarnished beyond repair.

01/06/22

Biden and Congress Mark a Year Since Violent Insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Congress is showing the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country together, the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021, only seems to have pushed lawmakers further apart.

01/06/22

“Hatred in the Eyes”: How Racist Rage Animated Jan 6 Rioters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Cori Bush is no stranger to protests. She spent years marching the streets of St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri, rising to public office on the strength of her activism.