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DETROIT (AP) — A Georgia man has been charged with threatening a Michigan judge after...

Capitol security flaws probed by lawmakers after deadly riot Billy House, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail Demonstrators steal a Metropolitan Police riot shield outside the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.Bloomberg photo by Eric Lee. Three former top U.S. Capitol security officials are facing aggressive questions from two Senate panels digging into the lapses that allowed a mob of Donald Trump's supporters to overwhelm police officers and ransack the building as Congress was certifying the presidential election results. The joint hearing of the Senate Homel...

'Uncomfortable truth': The new push for a slavery reparations commission in Congress DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post Feb. 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Weeks after Democrats took control of Congress and the White House, a Black lawmaker is making a renewed push for a national commission to examine the impact of slavery and reparations for descendants of millions of enslaved Africans. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, announced the reintroduction of H.R. 40 to create the reparations commission last month, and next week the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour...

One week in, Biden embracing order, routine Matt Viser, The Washington Post Jan. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail President Biden and first lady Jill Biden approach the White House after Biden's inauguration last week. While his predecessor's chaotic presidency was unsettling for many Americans, it is unclear whether Biden's lower metabolism is an antidote or an overcorrection - and whether he can protect his agenda from being engulfed by political wars.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford WASHINGTON - Almost every day of his young tenure, President Joe Biden has entered the State Dining Roo...