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a woman in a colorful vest that says "Clinic Escort" stands on the sidewalk outside the pink abortion clinic building holding her hands out as if asking a question outside the abortion clinic

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Republicans Eye Repealing All Rape Exceptions, Targeting Self-Managed Abortions

Pink House Defender Derenda Hancock felt numb as she stood outside the entrance to the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, waving her arms to beckon abortion patients to ignore the anti-abortion protesters accosting their cars and pull on into the parking lot. The night before, on Monday, May 2, a draft of the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had leaked, indicating the U.S. Supreme Court’s intentions to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Nick Judin and Ashton Pittman May 4, 2022

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Sen. Wicker Calls Putin ‘Modern-Day Adolf Hitler’ As Russia Invades Ukraine

“The free world deserves better than this modern-day Adolf Hitler,” Sen. Roger Wicker said. “If Vladimir Putin’s recent words and deeds have a haunting familiarity, it is because they are directly out of the Nazi madman’s notebook.”

Ashton Pittman February 24, 2022

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EPA Chief Visits Jackson to Address Water Crisis, Discuss Help in Biden Infrastructure Deal

Michael S. Regan, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is touring Jackson today and addressing topics on the environment with an emphasis on the city’s longstanding water infrastructure woes.

Nick Judin and Ashton Pittman November 15, 2021

Bennie Thompson sits in the House gallery while other members of Congress lie on the floors of the gallery or hide beneath their chairs during the insurrection

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Jan. 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson May Compel Trump, McCarthy To Testify

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson will lead a congressional select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today. Thompson, who also chairs the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN today that he would consider calling former President Donald Trump and Republicans who communicated with him at the time of the insurrection to testify.

Ashton Pittman July 1, 2021

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Two Mississippi Reps Vote To Keep White Supremacist Statues In U.S. Capitol

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Black Democrat, was the lone Mississippi member to vote in favor of removing monuments devoted to white supremacists from the halls of the nation’s Capitol today. A 285-120 majority passed the bill, House Resolution 3005, this evening with all 120 nay votes coming from Republican members, including two from Mississippi.

Ashton Pittman June 29, 2021

Representative Steven Palazzo sits at a desk in a House committee hearing

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Palazzo Used Campaign Funds To Fight Ethics Probe Into Campaign Spending

U.S. House Rep. Steven Palazzo spent $61,000 in campaign cash to cover legal fees associated with an investigation into his prior use of campaign funds. Forbes first reported the payments this morning, noting that “doing so … does not appear to violate federal election law.”

Ashton Pittman June 16, 2021

Cindy Hyde-Smith stands in the Capitol rotunda during a memorial for Brian Sicknick

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After Vowing Support For Fallen Officers, Hyde-Smith and Wicker Block Jan. 6 Investigation

A minority of 35 Republicans, including U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, voted to filibuster consideration of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection that left five dead, including one Capitol Police officer.

Ashton Pittman May 28, 2021

Man in pin-stripped suit talking at podium

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Bucking GOP Leaders, Rep. Guest Backs ‘Fair’ Jan. 6 Investigation Bill: ‘We Need Answers’

Mississippi House Rep. Michael Guest, who represents Mississippi’s third congressional district, was one of the just 35 Republicans in the U.S. House to vote in favor of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Ashton Pittman May 22, 2021

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Palazzo Accuses Biden of Placing Too Few and Too Many Migrants in Detention Facilities

U.S. House Rep. Steven Palazzo sent mixed signals on his two Facebook pages this week as he criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of immigration issues from two seemingly conflicting angles.

Ashton Pittman April 14, 2021

Republicans Eye Repealing All Rape Exceptions, Targeting Self-Managed Abortions

Sen. Wicker Calls Putin ‘Modern-Day Adolf Hitler’ As Russia Invades Ukraine

EPA Chief Visits Jackson to Address Water Crisis, Discuss Help in Biden Infrastructure Deal

Jan. 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson May Compel Trump, McCarthy To Testify

Two Mississippi Reps Vote To Keep White Supremacist Statues In U.S. Capitol

Palazzo Used Campaign Funds To Fight Ethics Probe Into Campaign Spending

After Vowing Support For Fallen Officers, Hyde-Smith and Wicker Block Jan. 6 Investigation

Bucking GOP Leaders, Rep. Guest Backs ‘Fair’ Jan. 6 Investigation Bill: ‘We Need Answers’

Palazzo Accuses Biden of Placing Too Few and Too Many Migrants in Detention Facilities

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