Capital Crime Wave Prompts DC Mayor’s Major Reversal on Police Restraints

Amid escalating crime in the nation’s capital, President Joe Biden went to bat for a “police reform” law passed by the D.C. Council by vetoing a bipartisan congressional measure that would have overturned it. Now, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to roll back the same law that Biden protected.  The House Oversight and Accountability Committee, whose oversight includes the District of Columbia, held two hearings earlier this year on the D.C. crime problem.  “Unfortunately, President Biden refused to stand by the Metropolitan Police Department and allowed the D.C. Council’s anti-police…

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‘Sinister and systematic attack’ by Russians prompts US Congress calls for action – Reuters

Reuters 'Sinister and systematic attack' by Russians prompts US Congress calls for actionReutersDemocrats were furious after Trump declassified the Republican document but refused to make public their own memo seeking to debunk it. On Friday, Representative Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of House Intelligence, who commissioned the …and more » us republicans – Google News

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Violence prompts US Congress to discuss militant threats – Reuters

Reuters Violence prompts US Congress to discuss militant threatsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel next month will hold a hearing on violent extremism, including threats from domestic militants, following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly. The chairman of the …Violence prompts US Congress review of militantsWHTC all 16 news articles » us congress – Google News

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