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CBS News
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- CBS News
Charles Rangel, longtime N.Y. congressman, to be remembered with public viewing in Harlem
Former Rep. Charles Rangel is being remembered with the first of many public viewings Monday in Harlem. The longtime New York congressman died last month at the age of 94. Public viewings will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Saint Aloysius Church, where Rangel once served as an altar boy. Another public viewing will be held Thursday at City Hall, where Rangel will lie in state for the public to pay their respects, followed by an honor guard ceremony in the evening. His funeral will be held Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown. Remembering Congressman Charles Rangel Rangel spent nearly 50 years representing New York. In 1970, he defeated Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the Democratic primary for the seat in New York's 18th congressional district. He was the first African American to chair the influential House Ways and Means Committee and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a son of Harlem, affectionately called "the Lion of Lenox Avenue," and part of the so-called "Harlem Gang of Four" coalition with Basil Paterson, Percy Sutton, Herman "Denny" Farrell and former Mayor David Dinkins. They were known as the first to break down race and class barriers. Late in his career, Rangel faced a series of ethics violations. In 2010, the House Ethics Committee convicted him of 11 counts of violating House rules, and Congress censured him. But the people of Harlem stood by him, and he was reelected to the House two more times. Rangel leaves behind a son, daughter and three grandsons.
Washington Post
29-05-2025
- General
- Washington Post
East Timor to deport an ex-Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a governor's murder
DILI, East Timor — East Timor said Thursday it would deport a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines and added that he was a national security threat whose presence could damage the country's image ahead of its entry to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Ex-Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. was arrested in East Timor's capital of Dili on Wednesday by immigration authorities and would immediately be deported to the Philippines for staying without a visa and after his passport was cancelled by Manila's Department of Foreign Affairs, the East Timor government said in a statement.
Bloomberg
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Charles Rangel, a Voice for the Poor in Tax Debates, Dies at 94
Charles Rangel, the dapper, voluble US congressman from New York's Harlem district who for four decades used his perch on the House tax-writing committee to advocate for inner cities and the people who live there, has died. He was 94. The former congressman died on Monday, according to a statement from the City College of New York, where he had served as statesman-in-residence. No cause of death was given.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Former New York Congressman Charlie Rangel dead at 94
Long-serving former congressman and civil rights campaigner Charlie Rangel has died aged 94. Rangel served 46 years in the House of Representatives for New York from 1971 until his retirement in 2017, winning election 23 times. His cause of death was not immediately announced. More to come.
