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The event was the first major move by the organized Jewish community to pressure Qatar, but organizers were careful not to call it a protest

Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey will host a gun violence summit on Capitol Hill next week. He joins FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald this Sunday, along with Tyreese Mcallister with the Ayana J. Legacy Foundation, a mental health therapist and an activist who lost her daughter to gun violence. They discuss gun violence legislation and the importance of combatting rising crime in the DMV.

Watch this segment on Fox 5 DC.

 

 

Democratic U.S. House members have voiced frustrations with passing short-term funding bills after Congress last week again pushed through legislation that quelled fears of a partial government coming to fruition.

Representative Glenn Ivey (D-MD), a member of the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees, talked about government funding, border security, and U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine.

LAUREL, Md. — Commercial buildings in the U.S. burn up about 35% of the nation’s electricity and account for about 16% of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That makes energy efficiency more important than ever.

Lawmakers warned that reelecting former President Donald Trump could mean pardons for dozens of people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.

“Tomorrow is going to be a solemn day,” said former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell during the start of his remarks at a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol marking the three-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Rep. Jamie Raskin (D- Md.) organized a press conference, with fellow Democrats and various activist organizations, aimed at reminding the public of events that took place almost three years ago.

Raskin began, “Donald Trump is out there saying that he will issue a pardon to the more than 700 people who were convicted of participation in the violent insurrection against the Union.”