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A U.S. Capitol Police officer wears a mask as signs regarding the new facial mask mandate are posted outside a hearing room of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of House Committee on Oversight and Reform at Rayburn House Office Building July 29, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) House Republicans have refused to follow a newly imposed mask mandate in the House as Capitol Police are now being ordered to arrest any visitors not willing to comply. Capitol Police are to arrest any staff and visitors if they are not wearing masks on the House side of the Capitol and its office buildings. This is according to a memo obtained by Florida Rep. Kat Cammack (R) on Thursday. Congressional aides, however, do not face arrest as officers are advised to report the noncompliance of lawmakers to the House sergeant-at-arms. This comes after Congress’ chief physician re-imposed mask mandates on Wednesday, causing tensions to rise on the floor. GOP lawmake

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) (L) and Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) (R) arrive at a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said no legislator would think an infrastructure bill is perfect, but it’s an important government duty. McConnell made these comments from the House floor on Thursday, saying the country would benefit from targeted investment in the kinds of projects that fit a common-sense definition of infrastructure. He said this includes roads, bridges, airports and broadband. In addition, McConnell said he’s glad to see discussions on the infrastructure bill making progress in what ought to be a robust bipartisan floor process. “This kind of focused compromise that our colleagues have been hashing out could not contrast more sharply with the multi-trillio

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) (C) joins Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) (L), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and other Senate Republicans during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said failing Democrat policies would likely result in a major Republican victory in the 2022 midterms. In a recent interview, the South Carolina senator said Democrats are facing a brewing tidal wave of backlash from voters. Graham added he expects next year’s midterms to repeat the GOP success of 1994, known as the “Republican Revolution” at the time. The senator also criticized the Biden administration for rampant inflation, rising crime, a broken border and general incompetence. “The Republican Party’s going to have a great comeback if we recruit the right people,” said the senator. Graham said he’s confident the GOP will take back the House and Senate next year.

Surrounded by members of the House Republican Conference, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 3:34 PM PT – Thursday, July 29, 2021 During a press conference on Thursday, top names in the GOP came down on Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) regarding their leadership or lack there of. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), GOP Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and several other House Republicans spoke on what they called poor leadership from both Biden and Pelosi. McCarthy started off by taking aim at Pelosi’s attempts to force House lawmakers to once again wear masks even if they are fully vaccinated. He said Pelosi’s approach to the pandemic has been flawed from the start and is becoming more about holding control. McCarthy discussed the lack in preparation and the two bipartisan commit

Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has denied collecting $1.1million bribe from suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, who recently pleaded guilty in the United States. Hushpuppi, who pleaded guilty to various charges, including money laundering, wire fraud, and felony, among others, had said he used Kyari, a leader of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, to jail a fellow fraudster Kelly Chibuzor Vincent after both were locked in a dispute presumably over how to share the $1.1million loot received from the Qatari businessperson. Vincent subsequently contacted the victim and informed them that they were being scammed by a syndicate involving him and Abbas, a US court document read. Reacting in a Facebook post on Thursday, Kyari said he only assisted Hushpuppi to get native clothes and caps worth N300,000. The police boss, however, admitted arresting Vincent but claimed he was released on bail to go and was not taken to any

U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn testifies before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on July 27. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who testified to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 incidents at the U.S. Capitol, has an online history of criticizing former President Donald Trump and conservative figures, as well as defending last summer's Black Lives Matter protests and controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to an examination of posts he has made in the past on Twitter. Articles in  The Jewish Voice  and  The Federalist Wednesday outlined several of Dunn's past tweets and called into question his testimony, given some of his past online comments. Dunn, one of four officers to take the stand, testified Tuesday that people in the crowd of protesters slammed him with racial slurs. He told lawmakers on the panel that after pr

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks about the House Select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Political intolerance by the left appears to reach a boiling point as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) directly insults her Republican counterpart. The biggest voices in the House traded verbal jabs over the new mask mandate in the lower chamber. On Wednesday, Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) clashed over the capitol physician’s decision to reinstate a mask mandate on the House floor. Pelosi immediately went with a low blow in response. The top Democrat called McCarthy a “moron” for saying the CDC’s ever-changing guidance on face masks isn’t supported by science. PELOSI THIS MORNING: Kevin McCarthy is “such a moron.” pic.twitter.com/zuP1JHCdJ0 — Benny (@bennyjohnson)  July 28, 2021 McCarthy said the reinstatement of masks in the Hou