Protestors Decrying Gaza Conflict Stage Demonstration in Cannon Building
Political News
Protestors Decrying Gaza Conflict Stage Demonstration in Cannon Building
2023-10-18 21:39:19
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A large group protesting the ongoing war in Gaza entered the House Cannon Office Building Wednesday afternoon and were arrested after they refused to stop demonstrating inside the Cannon Rotunda. Demonstrations are not allowed inside congressional buildings, and... Read More

Protestors Take Dread Over Appalachian Pipeline to White House
Energy
Protestors Take Dread Over Appalachian Pipeline to White House
2023-06-12 20:57:46
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Several hundred protestors descended on the concrete “courtyard” between Lafayette Park and the White House on Thursday to urge President Joe Biden to block a massive pipeline currently slated to pass through their Appalachian homelands. Chanting “Joe Manchin... Read More

Activists on Both Sides of the Debate Gear Up for Abortion Fight
Civil Rights
Activists on Both Sides of the Debate Gear Up for Abortion Fight
2022-05-03 23:10:49
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — Activists of all political stripes gathered outside the Supreme Court Tuesday the day after Politico published a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would roll back Roe v. Wade nearly 50 years after the landmark decision... Read More

ACLU Reaches Settlement With Justice Dept. Over Police Clearing Lafayette Square Protest
Justice
ACLU Reaches Settlement With Justice Dept. Over Police Clearing Lafayette Square Protest
2022-04-18 21:46:26
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and the Justice Department announced a settlement last week in four lawsuits resulting from police forcibly expelling protesters from Washington, D.C.'s, Lafayette Square in June 2020. The confrontation was a prelude to former... Read More

National Guard to Help DC Control Traffic for Truck Convoys
In The News
National Guard to Help DC Control Traffic for Truck Convoys

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as it prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved... Read More

Trudeau Says Protests Must End, Truckers Brace for Crackdown
In The News
Trudeau Says Protests Must End, Truckers Brace for Crackdown

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police poured into downtown Ottawa on Thursday in what truckers feared was a prelude to a crackdown on their nearly three-week, street-clogging protest against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions. Work crews in the capital began erecting fences outside... Read More

Key US-Canada Bridge Reopens as Ottawa Protest Persists
In The News
Key US-Canada Bridge Reopens as Ottawa Protest Persists

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing was open Monday after protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 measures blocked it for nearly a week, but a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa, persisted as city residents seethed over authorities' inability... Read More

Smithsonian Collecting Items from U.S. Capitol Riot
Museums
Smithsonian Collecting Items from U.S. Capitol Riot
2021-01-15 15:29:58
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has begun collecting items left behind by the protestors who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The riot, stoked by President Donald Trump, left five people dead. It was... Read More

D.C. Council Hearing Sparks Thousands of Calls to Defund Local Police Department
Cities
D.C. Council Hearing Sparks Thousands of Calls to Defund Local Police Department
2020-06-16 14:33:36
by Gaspard Le Dem

WASHINGTON - Thousands of people called on the D.C. Council to defund the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday during a six-hour virtual hearing that drew an unprecedented response from local activists and community leaders. In an impressive show of unity,... Read More

Hearing on Ohio Bill to Limit Protest Ends in — What Else? — Protest
State News
Hearing on Ohio Bill to Limit Protest Ends in — What Else? — Protest

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The chairman on an Ohio legislative committee Wednesday told a packed room that he wouldn’t hear spoken testimony on a bill that most in the audience believe is intended to stifle protest. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the matter ended... Read More

GOP Members Storm Impeachment Hearing, Alleging Lack of Access
Impeachment
GOP Members Storm Impeachment Hearing, Alleging Lack of Access

WASHINGTON — Defying established security protocols, a cadre of House Republicans led by Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Rep. Matt Gaetz stormed the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, where the top Pentagon official... Read More

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