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Nikuyah Walker is the mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. She became the city's first black female mayor in November 2017, after being elected to the Charlottesville City Council.

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JUST IN: Senate confirms first openly transgender official, approving Levine for HHS post https://t.co/VMQzBwsjB4

REPORT FROM AXIOS: Biden prepared to get rid of the filibuster, wants to "re-engineer America" Presidential historian Michael Beschloss told Axios that FDR and LBJ's administrations will be the closest analogues for the Biden administration

2017 — “Kids in cages!” 2018 — “Kids in cages!” 2019 — “Kids in cages!” 2020 — “Kids in cages!” 2021 — “To be clear, while technically minors, what we’re talking about here are mostly 16- and 17-year olds, most of them males. These aren’t young children.”

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Biden seems confused at times during first official press conference https://t.co/GhjQ8TgJZv

Oh My Goodness. This is so embarrassing. I swear this is unedited. https://t.co/Sad3mBOkXc

President Biden claimed his administration is "sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming" across the border. FALSE. ➡️ DHS expelled just 13% of migrant families under Title 42 between March 14 and March 21, according to Axios. https://t.co/cKRJmDTLhz

"China continues to build coal-fired power plants at a rate that outpaces the rest of the world combined. In 2020, China brought 38.4 gigawatts of new coal-fired power into operation, more than three times what was brought on line everywhere else." https://t.co/CHetYitAgx

Scarlett Johansson tells The Gentlewoman that actors shouldn’t have to carry larger political and social responsibilities: “I don’t think actors have obligations to have a public role in society... the idea that you’re obligated to because you’re in the public eye is unfair.”

BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has ordered judges to free suspects who can't afford to pay cash bail -AP

Lee Wong, an elected official in West Chester, Ohio & @USArmy veteran with 20-years of service, took his shirt off during a town hall meeting on Wednesday and revealed scars he received during his service. “Is this patriot enough?” he asked #StopAsianHate https://t.co/3nCwTlVGxD https://t.co/0R1TX3MTtp

Tim "Baked Alaska" Gionet wants bail relaxed, cites his "We love our cops" music video https://t.co/JZL6o8hzkN

They murdered an Uber Eats driver in DC. https://t.co/Zz7xOu0Piv

A man was killed Tuesday after two teens allegedly attempted to steal his car and then crashed in Southeast D.C., law enforcement sources confirm.

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Accused Boulder gunman Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was 'laughing' during massacre: report https://t.co/wvl2Xszij0

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⚠️Uber Eats driver killed during armed carjacking in D.C. https://t.co/kFGuhz0xnz