U.S. House of Representatives Speaker

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Feb

2021

By The African Mirror

LGBT+ Americans inch closer to ‘freedom’ as House passes Equality Act

LGBT+

MATTHEW LAVIETES LGBT+ Americans have moved a step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a key civil rights bill backed by President Joe Biden. By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in addition to race, religion, sex and national origin. The vote closely followed party lines, with only three Republican lawmakers supporting the bill. "Without the Equality Act, this nation will never live up to its principles of…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians

WORLD

U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 siege of the Capitol and tried to sell the device to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing. A woman identified in a warrant logged January 17, 2021, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as Riley June Williams, a Pennsylvania woman accused of unlawfully breaching the U.S. Capitol building and directing people to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office is seen in an undated driver's license photograph. FBI/Handout…