Topic: US-Capitol

A call to protect nurses

A call to protect nurses

Olivier Douliery, AFP
Updated as of Jul 22 10:09 AM

National Nurses United (NNU) display 164 white clogs shoes outside the US Capitol, Washington, USA on Tuesday as tribute to the more than 160 nurses who have lost their lives from COVID-19 in United States.  Read more »

US Democrats call for police reform

US Democrats call for police reform

Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:26 AM

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) kneel with Congressional Democrats during a moment of silence to honor George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others inside Emancipation Hall after weeks of protests against racial inequality in the aftermath in Minneapolis police custody of Floyd, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., Monday. Read more »

Republicans storm secure impeachment deposition, delay testimony

Republicans storm secure impeachment deposition, delay testimony

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 24 02:19 PM

It is a violation of US House rules to enter sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) -- secure facilities designed to prevent electronic eavesdropping -- without permission, and concerns were raised that lawmakers were committing serious security breaches by entering with their mobile phones and other devices. Read more »

Goodbye George

Goodbye George

Jonathan Ernst, Reuters, Pool
Posted at Dec 04 12:38 PM

The casket of late U.S. President George H.W. Bush arrives inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda where it will lie in state in Washington, USA on Tuesday.  Read more »

‘Not one more’

‘Not one more’

Saul Loeb, AFP
Posted at Mar 14 02:53 PM

The lawn outside the US Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, in a display organized by the global advocacy group Avaaz, in Washington, DC, Tuesday.    Read more »

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