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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. The man accused of planting two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol the night before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building almost five years ago was in federal court today in Washington, D.C. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports on Brian Cole Jr. 's first court appearance after a nearly five-year FBI investigation.
At his initial court appearance, Brian Cole Jr. was dressed in a beige jumpsuit and glasses. He stared at the table in front of him as the magistrate judge read the charges and Cole answered yes when asked if he understood. Prosecutors said Cole spoke with law enforcement for more than four hours Thursday following his arrest. They did not provide details in court on what he said, but a person familiar with the matter told NPR that Cole told investigators he believed conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Cole is due back in court later this month for a detention hearing. Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington.
That hearing on Friday. Driving through her home district of Tucson, Arizona, Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva came upon a roadblock and dozens of ICE agents raiding a neighborhood restaurant.
Hey, put it down!
Put it down!
Brujava said that she shouted to the ICE agents to calm down and get out and blamed the Trump administration.
And that's what they're doing. They're targeting small businesses and people that are helping in our communities in order to try to build a quota that Trump has given them. This is horrible.
As the encounter escalated, the ICE agents used pepper spray. Homeland Security said it was for crowd control. But Grijalva says she was targeted and directly pepper sprayed. Six months after being diagnosed with cancer, former President Joe Biden was back in Washington, D.C. for an award at the LGBTQ Plus Victory Institute. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, he spoke at the Political Action Committee's conference.
Biden has long touted his record on LGBTQ rights. In 2022, as president, he signed a bill that codified same-sex marriage into law. Now, nearly a year after leaving office, the former president didn't shy away from criticizing the current administration in his remarks.
Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are trying to distort and derail our fight for equality. They're trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister.
Since beginning his current term, President Trump has rolled back many Biden-era anti-discrimination policies and taken steps to restrict rights for transgender Americans. Elena Moore, NPR News.
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. Now an HHS panel recommends the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive. This is NPR. This weekend, the Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah plays host to a ski mountaineering World Cup event. The results will determine if Team USA or Canada heads to the Olympics. Pamela McCall reports from Salt Lake City.
For the first time, ski mountaineering, known as ski-mo, will be in the Olympics. Athletes ski uphill and then back down as fast as they can. And this weekend, the stakes could not be higher. There's only one slot for North America – at the Winter Olympics, and Team USA must beat Canada to punch the lone golden ticket to the Italian Alps. Park City Schemo star Griffin Briley's playing it cool when it comes to Canada, at least right now.
They've been pushing us to be our best, and it'd be great to support them if we don't go, but also we're going to give it our best shot.
Today's mixed relay will be the deciding event. One nation's Olympic dreams will be crushed, while the others will be off to the races. For NPR News, I'm Pamela McCall, Salt Lake City.
In the state of Georgia, the Public Service Commission this month will vote on a proposed massive buildout by Georgia Power.
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