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Beltway Confidential

On Juneteenth, recall that history isn’t a steady march forward

Timothy P. Carney · June 19, 2020 8:25 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., right, and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee appeal to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018.

Senate Democrats unveil bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2020 6:50 pm

This is an undated photo of a 1800 portrait of Thomas Jefferson by artist Rembrandt Peale.

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Statues of Confederates are not comparable to those of our Founding Fathers

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 19, 2020 6:02 pm

Pelosi to remove Capitol portraits of four speakers who joined the Confederacy

Susan Ferrechio · June 18, 2020 11:52 am

Sen. Kennedy says all military installations should be renamed after Medal of Honor winners

Kerry Picket · June 16, 2020 8:25 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the media at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Nine out of 11 Confederate statues Pelosi is attempting to remove from Capitol were Democrats

Andrew Mark Miller · June 13, 2020 8:06 pm

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee poses in his uniform during the American Civil War, 1861-65.

Robert E. Lee opposed construction of Confederate monuments

Anthony Leonardi · June 13, 2020 3:23 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at an Economic Club of Washington luncheon gathering in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019.

Pelosi calls for removal of Confederate statues while silent on her father dedicating one as mayor

Andrew Mark Miller · June 12, 2020 5:20 pm

Outgoing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., right, talks with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 1986.

‘Where do you draw the line?’: Kayleigh McEnany asks if Biden should be canceled with Confederates for supporting segregationists

Anthony Leonardi · June 10, 2020 9:14 pm

Trump says administration ‘will not even consider’ renaming bases named after Confederate leaders

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 7:13 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 1939 file photo, a crowd walks past the Astor Theater during the Broadway premiere of "Gone With the Wind" in New York. (AP Photo, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why we still need to watch Gone With the Wind

Philip Klein · June 10, 2020 2:00 am

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sits in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., argued Thursday that it may be difficult for cities to prioritize the dismantling of Confederate monuments given all the other funding priorities they have. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman, File)

‘No longer the capital of the Confederacy’: Virginia to remove Robert E. Lee statue ‘as soon as possible’

Spencer Neale · June 4, 2020 6:13 pm