,” by director Tomer Shushan, was nominated yesterday for the Academy Award for live action short film. Sacha Baron-Cohen picked up two nominations, for his role in “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and for the adapted screenplay for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” The Academy Awards ceremony is slated for April 25.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told reporters yesterday that he is still undecided on Colin Kahl’s nomination to be the top Pentagon policy official. The lobbying group Christians United for Israel ran full-page advertisements in several West Virginia newspapers on Sunday pressuring the centrist senator to vote against Kahl.
The Senate confirmed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland yesterday by a vote of 51 to 40, making Haaland the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
The police department reported that it was investigating 35 officers for their actions during the insurrection, with six of those officers placed on paid suspension pending the outcome.
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U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer on Monday after anti-Semitic reading material was found near a Capitol Hill security post Sunday, according to a department spokesman.
The Washington Post first reported that the document was seen in plain sight at a checkpoint by a congressional aide. It appeared from photos viewed by the Post that the text, Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion, was sitting on a table inside an entrance to the Longworth House Office Building.
Capitol Police acting Chief Yogananda Pittman on Monday ordered the officer to be suspended and the officer is expected to remain suspended pending an outcome of an investigation by the department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.