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FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators' desks during Capitol riot
A Virginia man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators' desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, court records show. Ryan Joseph Orlando took a pen from the desk of Sen....
Editorial Roundup: New England
Hearst Connecticut Media. November 8, 2023. Editorial: Census says CT population is growing. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Of late, every issue that plagues Connecticut seems to end with a variation of the phrase “because … COVID.” Decrease...
US senators seek answers from Army after reservist killed 18 in Maine
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two senators from Maine asked the U.S. Army inspector general on Monday to provide a full accounting of interactions with a reservist before he killed 18 people and injured 13 others in the deadliest shooting in the state's history. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins,...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Bangor Daily News. November 1, 2023. Editorial: Missed warnings before the Lewiston shooting are troublingly familiar There are many specific things we don’t know about last week’s shooting in Lewiston. What we do, tragically, know is that the pattern is eerily,...
Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Barely four years before a gunman's deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting like the one Wednesday night that claimed at least 18 lives. It was called a...
Maine formally requests waiver to let asylum seekers join the workforce
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Labor on Wednesday asked the federal government for a waiver to allow asylum seekers to take jobs while waiting on their cases to be heard. Labor Secretary Laura Fortman said the elimination of a 180-day waiting period for work permits...
Biden asks Congress to secure $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, the border and more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
The Dianne Feinstein they knew: Women of the Senate remember a tireless fighter and a true friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat’s first call was to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein...
Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stuffy Senate is now a bit less formal. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate's official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor. The change comes after...
The Senate's bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House
WASHINGTON (AP) — On one side of the Capitol, two senators have steered the debate over government funding mostly clear of partisan fights, creating a path for bills to pass with bipartisan momentum. Steps away, on the House side of the building, things couldn’t be more...
