<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rep. <keyword id="5304318" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="bruce-westerman">Bruce Westerman</keyword> grabbed a Civil War sword and hid from the Capitol riot sitting on a toilet.</li><li>Westerman was with GOP Minority Leader <keyword id="963658" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kevin-McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</keyword> when the riot began. </li><li>The toilet Westerman crouched on during the fatal attack was in McCarthy's private bathroom.</li></ul>During the <keyword id="10556501" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol-attack">Capitol attack</keyword> in January, Rep. Bruce Westerman grabbed a sword and hid sitting on GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's private toilet, per what the Arkansas Republican <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/politics/mccarthy-trump.html">told the New York Times</a> in a recent interview.As rioters stormed the building, Westerman and McCarthy retreated to the GOP leader's Capitol office.McCarthy's security detail insisted that he leave when it became apparent that rioters were breaking into the building, but Westerman was left behind. With rioters storming the Capitol building, the Arkansas Republican decided his best bet was to grab a Civil War sword from a nearby office display. He then barricaded himself in the private bathroom, crouching on the toilet. Five people died during or shortly after the Capitol attack, which was provoked by then-President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>. Trump was subsequently impeached over the fatal incident, which was intrinsically linked to his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and false claims that it had been "stolen."After he delivered a speech on January 6, which was when Congress met to certify President Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, Trump's supporters marched on the Capitol building and eventually broke into it. Along the way, they damaged property and beat police. Though Trump sparked the riot, he continues to command loyalty among Republican leaders like McCarthy as well as a significant portion of GOP voters. McCarthy initially criticized Trump over the riot, stating that he bore responsibility for what happened. But McCarthy did not vote to impeach Trump over the incident. But Trump was still angry with McCarthy for not doing more to back his effort to overturn the election, which the GOP leader sought to justify in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-mccarthy-interview-trump-anger-capitol-riot-2021-4">an interview with the Times.</a>"He goes up and down with his anger," McCarthy told the Times of Trump. "He's mad at everybody one day. He's mad at me one day."

Republican lawmaker grabbed a sword and hid on toilet during the Capitol attack

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Federal agencies are working to reverse Trump-era rollbacks on the <keyword id="3961419" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Endangered-Species-Act">Endangered Species Act</keyword>.</li><li>In 2018, the Interior Dept. revealed changes to the ESA that put some species at risk of extinction.</li><li>GOP critics said rescinding the rollbacks will allow environmental groups "to weaponize the ESA."</li></ul>The Biden administration is set to reverse Trump-era rollbacks on <keyword id="25286" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="endangered-species">endangered species</keyword> protections "in the coming months," federal agencies announced Friday.The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service said in a statement Friday that, per an executive order, the Biden administration "directed all federal agencies to review and address" environmental policy rollbacks enacted during the Trump administration.The federal agencies are tasked with initiating "rulemaking in the coming months to revise, rescind, or reinstate" five regulations on the Endangered Species Act that were put into place by former President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>.In 2018, then-Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke announced a set of changes to the Endangered Species Act, undermining the protections of the act and putting <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/endangered-species-act-10-animals-it-saved-2018-7">several threatened species</a> at risk of extinction. According to a <a href="https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=u.s.-fish-and-wildlife-service-and-noaa-fisheries-to-propose-regulatory-&amp;_ID=369256925">press release</a>, the agencies plan to rescind regulations on critical habitat designations and reinstate protections for threatened plants and animals."The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to working with diverse federal, Tribal, state and industry partners to not only protect and recover America's imperiled wildlife but to ensure cornerstone laws like the Endangered Species Act are helping us meet 21st century challenges," Martha Williams, principal deputy director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, said in a statement."We look forward to continuing these conservation collaborations and to ensuring our efforts are fully transparent and inclusive," Williams continued.Interior Secretary <keyword id="8928782" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="deb-haaland">Deb Haaland</keyword> had previously said rescinding the Trump-era rollbacks on the ESA was at the top of her priorities as head of the agency.The move to reverse the Trump-era regulations brought backlash from Republicans, including Rep. Bruce Westerman, the top GOP lawmaker on the House Natural Resources Committee."By reinstating burdensome regulations, this administration has once again opened the door for environmental groups to weaponize the ESA and use it to delay critical projects across the country," Westerman said in a statement. "These changes will result in greater inefficiency in the federal permitting process and reduce incentives for proactive conservation."

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