On Thursday, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, was arrested by U.S. Capitol police during a voting rights demonstration in Washington, D.C.
The Ohio congresswoman was arrested, Thursday, after a group of demonstrators she was with walked into the Hart Senate Office building, CBS News reported.U.S. Capitol Police tweeted a statement saying nine people were arrested during the incident.More than 150 companies including Apple Inc, Best Buy Co Inc and PepsiCo urged U.S. lawmakers to introduce and pass a voting reform act in a letter signed on Wednesday, as other efforts have stalled in Congress.
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Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty among those arrested during Capitol voting rights protest
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Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, was arrested Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol while protesting in favor of voting rights legislation.
Texas Democrats meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin about voting rights without talking about the filibuster is discussed by St. Rep. Joe Moody, who was stripped of a leadership position after fleeing his state with colleagues to protest voter suppression.
Longtime Texas Democratic Rep. Senfronia Thompson lays out the history of racist voter suppression in Texas and its link to today’s GOP voting bill in a detailed, emotional answer during an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber. Thompson spoke during her trip to Washington, which Democrats took to deny Texas Republicans a quorum to hold a vote on the controversial bill, and after her meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, a key vote in the U.S. Senate for any voting reforms.
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Many of the Colombian ex-soldiers accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's president went to the country as bodyguards, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, but others had detailed knowledge about the planned assassination. Haitian authorities have said President Jovenel Moise was shot dead at his home by a unit of assassins. Families and colleagues back in Colombia have told journalists the men were hired to act as bodyguards.
On Wednesday, pop star Olivia Rodrigo made a brief appearance at the beginning of the White House press briefing. She was at the White House to meet with President Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci and encourage young people to get vaccinated.
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A district in New Jersey broke ground on a school being named after two civil rights icons who won a key case against segregation in the state.
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A bill that would require doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed method for potentially stopping the abortion process was introduced Thursday in the Ohio House. The legislation would require physicians who perform or induce a chemical abortion to inform a patient prior to, or soon after, taking the first of two pills used in the process that it may be possible to reverse the process, a position disputed by experts. Republican state Reps. Kyle Koehler and Sarah Fowler Arthur, the bill's sponsors, characterized the proposal as an extension of Ohio's existing informed consent laws.
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The Democratic lawmaker joined Black women demonstrating for the Senate to pass federal voting rights legislation.
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