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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022
Government
National
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Obama, Biden honor late Senate leader Harry Reid as man ‘who got things done’

Democratic leaders recalled Reid — often laughingly — as a man whose impatience for pleasantries was part of a drive to improve the lives of ordinary Americans.

4 years ago

File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
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The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear

The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack says they'll ask former Vice President Mike Pence to testify by month's end.

4 years ago

Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
New Jersey

Bill expanding needle exchanges in N.J. moves to full Legislature

The proposal removes a requirement that harm reduction centers get permission from municipal governments to operate.

4 years ago

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Delaware
Gender
Health Care

Seaford, Del., backtracks on abortion ordinance to stave off lawsuit threat

The Seaford City Council voted to stop enforcement of an ordinance requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains after an abortion or miscarriage.

4 years ago

The capital dome is seen at the New Jersey Statehouse. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Government
New Jersey

Scaled back bill to codify abortion rights passes N.J. legislative committees

The fate of the bill is questionable as it heads to a final vote on Monday, the last full day of the current legislative session.

4 years ago

People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the rally that preceded the insurrection
Elections
Government
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

A year after Jan. 6, Pa. Democrats say there is work to do to protect voting rights

Hours after President Biden spoke on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Democratic leaders in Pa. reflected at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Government
National

One year after Jan. 6, signs of a nation deeper in peril

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a growing realization that traditional tools to counter extremism in the U.S. may not apply.

4 years ago

FILE - In this file photo from Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters beset a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Law

The Jan. 6 investigations: Who will be held accountable?

What have we learned from the Jan. 6 investigations? Will participants, planners and instigators be held accountable?

Air Date: January 6, 2022 10:00 am

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Trump supporters participate in a rally ahead of a violent insurrection at the Capitol building
National
Race & Ethnicity

‘Hatred in the eyes’: How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots

For people of color, the attack was more than a violent challenge to a free and fair election — it was an eerily familiar display of white supremacist violence.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection in Statuary Hall
Elections
Government Accountability
National

Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

Biden used the anniversary of the attack Thursday to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat.

4 years ago

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., center, works with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, at the House votes on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Public Safety

‘We can’t forget,’ says Del. congresswoman who prayed through last year’s attack on Capitol

Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House says she’s still processing being trapped in the balcony as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection occurred.

4 years ago

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The Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg is shown from afar, with the road stretching towards it.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Lower taxes, school choice, local control: GOP field for Pa. governor makes its pitch

The event delved into such topics as school choice, energy production, election conspiracies, and how to make homemade backyard biodiesel.

4 years ago

File photo: Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (Cris Barrish)
Delaware
Elections
Government Accountability

Delaware AG Jennings says elections ‘still under threat’ ahead of insurrection anniversary

A group of Democratic attorneys general call on their Republican counterparts to follow the rule of law when it comes to ensuring fair elections.

4 years ago

File photo: Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Radio Times
Elections

The January 6 insurrection: the assault on our democracy and our deeply divided nation

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, where is our democracy headed? We're joined by historians Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse and Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean.

Air Date: January 5, 2022 10:00 am

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Newly installed surveillance cameras are positioned near the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Policing
Public Safety

A year after the Capitol riot, work remains to safeguard it from another attack

The insurrection led to more security for the citadel of democracy and members of Congress. But many say plenty of work remains to ensure another attack never happens again.

4 years ago

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