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NC A&T & UNCG students speak out on the removal of early voting sites on their campuses. 24-year-old @kyahforcongress stands in solidarity with the students as he challenges 82-year-old MAGA Virginia Foxx. Virginia Foxx also benefits from the gerrymandering of voters.

Every right we have exists because people refused to stay quiet. This week, the Senate decides whether D.C. gets respect, or more interference. 📞 Call your Senators 202-224-3121. Tell them to reject the disapproval resolution. Democracy grows when we fight for it. #LetDCVote

⚠️ 9:15 AM UPDATE: The Walk for Peace is ahead of schedule and has already arrived at American University. Rolling closures highlighted below have lifted, but continue to expect heavy delays in the area.

🚨 Tomorrow: Congress votes to override DC’s budget 🚨 $224M at risk for schools, public safety, and tax credits—without DC having a vote. States control their revenue. DC doesn’t. #LetDCVote #TaxationWithoutRepresentation

Snow Team Heroes have cleared walkways at the homes of hundreds of seniors or residents with disabilities. 
 
There's more work to be done! So, we're calling on you to grab a friend, join the team, and help a neighbor in need. Sign up at snowteam.dc.gov.

Critical Missing Person 20-year-old Anihya Gilyard, who was last seen in the 2800 block of 28th Street, Southeast on Monday, January 19, 2026. Have info? Call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.

Interesting: In its annual report, the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability says the D.C. Council's move in early 2025 to allow it to conduct more business behind closed doors is a "notable departure from the prevailing national trajectory of transparency reform."

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents shot and wounded a woman they alleged was part of a convoy of protesters that rammed their vehicles during an "ambush." abcnews.link/2bBsyVX

DC, baby.

Nine former CDC directors are speaking out in an op-ed in The New York Times, saying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans. abcnews.link/JSuk9wW

National Guard troops deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., will now carry weapons for personal protection and are allowed to carry out law enforcement duties, defense officials announced. abcnews.link/xFgdTXT

@ElacionSaxton put it on the money! 🪣 First Official Varsity Touchdown! @adamgorney @bruce_bible @CoachMarshawn @CoachShephard @CoachToler @DeShaunFoster26 @KalenDeBoer @latsondheimer @Tarek_Fattal @PlayerProMorgan @GrubbRyan

Absolutely!

Thanks to Senate Republicans, 17 million people will lose their health care. Thanks to Senate Republicans, rural hospitals will close. Thanks to Senate Republicans, three million Americans, including veterans and seniors, will lose food assistance. Thanks to Senate Republicans, families will see their energy bills go up by $400 a year. Senate Republicans are doing all of this and more — hurting working people across our nation — in order to pay for $1 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires. There is still time to stop this bill before it passes in the House. Call 202-224-3121 and tell your representative to vote no.

Can someone please explain this to me?

California will keep fighting on behalf of all our people including in the courts. If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control.

The Trump administration's cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. abcnews.link/ps4MJ0W

Congratulations to @CocoGauff for an amazing championship at the French Open — the first American singles champion at @RolandGarros in a decade. You make us all proud.

JUST IN: The U.S. has surpassed 1,000 measles cases for the first time in five years, according to new data from the CDC published Friday. abcnews.go.com/Health/us-surp…