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News Wrap: Officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue to block $1.8B fund
In our news wrap Wednesday, two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot filed a lawsuit to try to block the Trump administration's "anti-weaponization fund," the World Health Organization says there are now more than 600 suspected cases from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa and former Congressman Barney Frank, a trailblazer for gay rights, has died.
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According to PBS News’s source item, News Wrap: Officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue to block $1.8B fund, In our news wrap Wednesday, two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot filed a lawsuit to try to block the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization fund,” the World Health Organization says there are now more than 600 suspected cases from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa and former Congressman Barney Frank, a trailblazer for gay rights, has died.
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- News Wrap: Officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 sue to block $1.8B fundPBS News - 2026-05-20T22:50:47+00:00
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