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Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago. An unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol

Former top vaccine official sues Trump administration over her firing

A former top official at the National Institutes of Health sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging she was illegally fired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after she blew the whistle on internal clashes over vaccine research at the agency.  Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo ran the NIH division responsible for vaccine research until late March,

Judge denies request to temporarily block construction of White House ballroom

Washington — U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon denied a motion by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that would have temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s construction of a new ballroom at the White House, but he set out some requirements for the Trump administration moving forward.  Leon said in a hearing Tuesday in Washington,

Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

Washington — President Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC on Monday over a documentary that spliced parts of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the Ellipse. The suit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, includes one count of defamation and one count of violating a Florida trade practices law. Mr. Trump’s legal

Obama encourages Democrats to focus on winning back House, not “tactical differences”

Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats to “meet the moment” at a Los Angeles fundraiser with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday.  “The short-term strategy is, win the House of Representatives,” stated the former president, garnering applause. “Because that’s going to be the circuit breaker that will give us control of one major component

Hong Kong activist Lai’s daughter says she’s “grieving” sedition conviction

Hours after Jimmy Lai, a businessman and pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, was found guilty on national security and sedition charges, his daughter Claire Lai told reporters in Washington, D.C., she hopes international pressure can spare her father from spending the rest of his life in prison. “We expected the verdict,” she told CBS