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Alex Brandon/AP Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday by 50-48 votes in the Senate. He was sworn in that evening in a private ceremony. Before, during, and after the vote, protesters and activists flooded the areas outside the Supreme Court and the US Capitol to oppose his confirmation. Kavanaugh’s confirmation process has […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The number of protesters in the US Capitol building has skyrocketed in recent weeks during the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Some Republican senators have been given increased security details, as others have been accosted in elevators and hallways of the Capitol. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to […]
Thousands of Oklahoma teachers stormed the state capitol and refused to budge when confronted by authorities about their loud chants. The protest appears to be part of a statewide strike over teacher pay and school funding. Over 30,000 teachers walked out of schools across Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday, protesting what they say are teacher […]
GETTY Visitors on the Lincoln Memorial steps with the Washington Monument in the background Not since the last series of House Of Cards has there been so much intrigue in America’s capital Washington, where President Donald Trump took office in January. Since then he has become renowned for his constant tweets and no-nonsense, blunt statements […]
(video link) This is one way to break the Ten Commandments. An Arkansas man was arrested early Wednesday after police said he rammed his vehicle into a newly installed stone monument of the Ten Commandments at the Arkansas Capitol grounds. The man also streamed the toppling of the one-day-old structure live on Facebook. Read 10 […]
As per a report on Pitchfork earlier today, the winners of this year’s Congressional Art Competition have been announced, and among them is a portrait of Kendrick Lamar — which, as the ‘Fork pointed out, means that a portrait of Lamar will hang in the US Capitol. It’s easy to be cynical, and certainly my first […]
A reporter was arrested at the West Virginia State Capitol for allegedly trying to ask the Health and Human Services secretary a question about the Trump administration’s healthcare plan. Authorities say he “aggressively breached Secret Service agents.” Dan Heyman, a journalist with 30 years of experience and currently working with Public News Service, said he […]
