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Politics

Despite Majority Vote To Convict, Donald Trump Acquitted In Senate Impeachment Trial

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on February 9, 2021 · The former president is being tried on one article of impeachment for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Videos shown during the proceedings may contain profanity and violence.

Tags capitol D.C. Donald Trump Impeachment insurrection january 6 senate trial U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Washington

National

Biden Celebrates ‘Triumph’ Of Democracy In Inaugural Address

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on January 20, 2021 · President Biden on Wednesday spoke to bringing the nation together in his first remarks as president of the United States.

Tags capitol Donald Trump inauguration 2021 Joe Biden Kamala Harris Mar a lago Mike Pence white house

National

Watch Live: Inauguration Day Ceremony And Events

Alana Wise, NPR

Posted on January 20, 2021 · Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as president and vice president of the United States on Wednesday. Follow live special coverage throughout the day beginning at 11 a.m. ET.

Tags Biden administration capitol D.C. Donald Trump inauguration Joe Biden Kamala Harris Mike Pence U.S. Capitol Washington Watch live

Texas

All 13 Texas Democrats In The U.S. House Have Called For Impeaching Donald Trump After Wednesday’s Riot

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 8, 2021 · House leadership said it "will move forward with impeachment,” if Vice President Mike Pence does not invoke the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove Trump.

Tags al green capitol Colin Allred Donald Trump EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON Filemon Vela henry ceullar Joaquin Castro katherine clark Lizzie Fletcher lloyd doggett marc veasey Nancy Pelosi sheila jackson lee sylvia garcia veronica escoba vicente gonzalez

Texas

Texas Closes Its Capitol Building Following Chaos In Washington, D.C.

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 6, 2021 · “The Capitol and Capitol Complex are closed to the public effective immediately,” said Freeman Martin, the Texas Department of Public Safety’s deputy director of homeland security.

Tags capitol protests

News

WATCH LIVE: George H.W. Bush Lies In State At Capitol Rotunda

CALVIN WOODWARD, AP / Darlene Superville, Associated Press / Juan A. Lozano, AP / NOMAAN MERCHANT, AP

Posted on December 3, 2018 · Sent off from Houston with a 21-gun salute, Bush's casket was carried to Washington, D.C. aboard an aircraft that often serves as Air Force One and designated "Special Air Mission 41."

Tags bush capitol clinton houston obama Paul Ryan texas

News

Behind Closed Doors, Abbott Talks Gun Violence And School Safety After Santa Fe Shooting

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on May 22, 2018 · Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hosted his first of three roundtable discussions on gun violence at the Capitol Tuesday

Tags capitol Gov. Greg Abbott gun violence roundtable Santa Fe Shooting

News

Texas’ Finance Chief Warns Lawmakers: The Next State Budget Will Be Tight

Jill Ament, Texas Standard

Posted on February 2, 2018 · The Texas comptroller says that despite continued economic growth, the state budget faces increased demands for spending on Medicaid, roads and recovery from Hurricane Harvey.

Tags capitol finance texas

News

Analysis: Changing The Boys Club Culture At The Texas Capitol

Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune

Posted on November 15, 2017 · It's hard to argue that Texas lawmakers do as much as they could to protect the victims of sexual harassment in the state Capitol — staffers, lobbyists and even some female lawmakers. It's been a boys club for a long, long time

Tags boys club capitol Texas Capitol Texas lawmakers

News

Analysis: The Line For Money at the Texas Capitol Just Got Longer

Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 9, 2017 · The Texas Legislature's list of things to do in 2019 is already piling up, and it was an expensive set of chores before anyone every heard of Hurricane Harvey.

Tags 2017 Texas Legislature capitol money

News

Woman strikes US Capitol Police cruiser, taken into custody

Associated Press

Posted on March 29, 2017 · Driver tried to run over Capitol officers.

Tags attack capitol Washington DC

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Political Roundup: Impeachments all around

Joshua Zinn / Craig Cohen

Posted on September 13, 2023 · While the Paxton trial continues in the Texas Senate, the U.S. House begins an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Tags 2023 Houston Mayoral Election Brandon Rottinghaus Impeachment Joe Biden ken paxton Nancy Sims

Ken Paxton Impeachment Press Conference

Politics

What to expect at the start of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

Andrew Schneider

Posted on September 5, 2023 · Early issues to be decided will be whether the “prior-term doctrine” prohibits most of the charges from going forward and whether Paxton himself can be made to testify.

Tags Attorney General Ken Paxton Impeachment nate paul Paxton impeachment Texas Legislature texas senate

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Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 riot

Jaclyn Diaz, NPR

Posted on August 31, 2023 · Biggs, a former military service member, was convicted alongside former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and other fellow members of the group. Prosecutors sought 33 years for Biggs' role.

Tags january 6 Joseph Biggs sentencing Proud Boys

National

Donald Trump has been booked at the Atlanta jail on Georgia election charges

SAM GRINGLAS, NPR

Posted on August 25, 2023 · Donald Trump has become the first former president with a mug shot. He faces 13 felony counts in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result.

Tags Donald Trump Donald Trump arrested Donald Trump mugshot

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