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How the House Jan. 6 Panel Has Redefined the Congressional Hearing
The typical congressional hearing features a pileup of long-winded statements — what some might consider bloviating. There are harsh partisan exchanges that can obscure the substance at hand. Visual presentations tend to involve an…
Oath Keepers’ defense ordered to disclose how they are being paid
Placeholder while article actions loadA federal judge on Friday ordered defense attorneys for alleged members of the Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy to disclose whether their legal fees are being paid by anyone other than…
Hearing: Trump told Justice Dept. to call election ‘corrupt’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power and relenting only when warned in the…
Deborah Birx Said Trump White House Asked Her to Water Down Covid Guidance to
Dr. Deborah L. Birx, President Donald J. Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, told a congressional committee investigating the federal pandemic response that Trump White House officials asked her to change or delete parts of the…
Trump-abandoned Mo Brooks retiring after “bad guys won”
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said Wednesday he plans to retire from politics after losing Alabama's Senate runoff earlier this week.Driving the news: Brooks' decision comes less than 24 hours after he lost the runoff election to Katie Britt,…
Video GOP officials who resisted Trump ‘deserve credit’: Democratic congressman
GOP officials who resisted Trump ‘deserve credit’: Democratic congressmanABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois about the latest Jan. 6 committee hearing on the pressure campaign states faced from…
‘Fake news was a gift from Trump to autocrats’: journalism under threat from
Two hundred and thirty one years after freedom of the press was enshrined as a fundamental right in the first amendment to the US constitution, a new HBO Original documentary, Endangered, puts a harrowing spotlight on the multiple…
Jan 6 hearings latest: Trump Truth Social tirade ‘tantamount to confession of
Jamie Raskin says Trump has ‘essentially’ admitted to January 6 crimesAs Donald Trump continues his campaign against the 6 January select committee, panel member Jamie Raskin has said the former president’s rantings effectively amount to…
Donald Trump endorsement flip-flop roils Senate race in Alabama
Placeholder while article actions loadHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama, plasters his campaign rallies with signs for “MAGA Mo” and echoes Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020…
Despite Growing Evidence, a Prosecution of Trump Would Face Challenges
As new questions swirled this past week about former President Donald J. Trump’s potential criminal exposure for seeking to overturn the 2020 election, Mr. Trump issued a rambling 12-page statement.It contained his usual mix of…