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The Latest: Harris and Trump pivot to turnout as early voting begins
Read full article: The Latest: Harris and Trump pivot to turnout as early voting beginsWith just 21 days remaining to cast votes this presidential season, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are scrambling to win over key constituents as well as the other party's voters.
Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in Texas
Read full article: Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in TexasRepublicans have a stranglehold on every statewide elected office in Texas and control the state Supreme Court, both chambers of the Legislature and both U.S. Senate seats.
Harris' big moment, Dems' rising stars, Gaza protesters shut out. Takeaways from DNC's last night
Read full article: Harris' big moment, Dems' rising stars, Gaza protesters shut out. Takeaways from DNC's last nightVice President Kamala Harris urged Americans to seize a “precious, fleeting opportunity” to move beyond political divisions and the threat of Republican Donald Trump on Thursday as she closed out the Democratic National Convention.
VP's campaign launches 'Republicans for Harris' in push to win over GOP voters put off by Trump
Read full article: VP's campaign launches 'Republicans for Harris' in push to win over GOP voters put off by TrumpVice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching “Republicans for Harris” as she tries to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy.
GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party's direction under Trump as he leaves the House
Read full article: GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party's direction under Trump as he leaves the HouseKen Buck has gained national prominence as a Republican congressman fed up with Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Jan. 6 panel urges ethics review for McCarthy, GOP lawmakers
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel urges ethics review for McCarthy, GOP lawmakersThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has referred Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers to undergo an ethics investigation for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas.
Paul Pelosi attack highlights rising threats to lawmakers
Read full article: Paul Pelosi attack highlights rising threats to lawmakersIt’s something that goes along with being a member of Congress, no matter your party or your status: constant threats to your life, and the unshakeable feeling that they're only getting worse.
Democrats cautiously campaign on Jan. 6, democracy threats
Read full article: Democrats cautiously campaign on Jan. 6, democracy threatsDemocrats running for office this year in Republican-leaning areas or swing states are grappling with how much they should talk about the Jan. 6 insurrection, if at all.
Jan. 6 takeaways: Subpoena for Trump, warnings for democracy
Read full article: Jan. 6 takeaways: Subpoena for Trump, warnings for democracyThe House Jan. 6 committee has taken the extraordinary action of subpoenaing former President Donald Trump as it issued a stark warning in its final public hearing before the midterm election: The future of the nation’s democracy is at stake.
1/6 chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claims
Read full article: 1/6 chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claimsVirginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Jan. 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits Thomas
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits ThomasThe House Jan. 6 committee plans to interview more former Cabinet secretaries and is prepared to subpoena conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, who’s married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as part of its investigation of the Capitol riot and Donald Trump’s role.
Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as focus shifts to 2024
Read full article: Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as focus shifts to 2024Liz Cheney’s pointed criticism of former President Donald Trump on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is likely to hurt her reelection chances in Wyoming.
Jan. 6 hearing dominates top TV networks — except one
Read full article: Jan. 6 hearing dominates top TV networks — except oneAmerica's top television networks turned prime time over to a gripping account of former President Donald Trump's actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — with one prominent exception.
Live updates | 'I don't want to say the election is over'
Read full article: Live updates | 'I don't want to say the election is over'The House committee investigating the Capitol riot has shown never-before-seen outtakes from a speech prepared for then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 7, 2021, in which he was supposed to say that the election he lost to Joe Biden was over.
Luria, Kinzinger put careers on line in Jan. 6 investigation
Read full article: Luria, Kinzinger put careers on line in Jan. 6 investigationDemocrat Elaine Luria of Virginia and Republican Adam Kinzinger of Illinois will lead questioning in the closing summer hearing of the House's Jan. 6 committee on Thursday night.
Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing
Read full article: Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearingTwo former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Report: Conservative Newsmax peddles Jan. 6 misinformation
Read full article: Report: Conservative Newsmax peddles Jan. 6 misinformationA new research report says the conservative TV channel Newsmax is presenting viewers with an “alternate universe” of how the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021.
Panel: Hearing to show Trump's Jan. 6 'dereliction of duty'
Read full article: Panel: Hearing to show Trump's Jan. 6 'dereliction of duty'A prime-time hearing Thursday will offer the most compelling evidence yet of then-President Donald Trump’s “dereliction of duty” on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Trump ally Bannon now willing to testify before Jan. 6 panel
Read full article: Trump ally Bannon now willing to testify before Jan. 6 panelFormer Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon, who's facing criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told the House committee investigating the attack that he's now willing to testify.
Jan. 6 panel: More turning up with evidence against Trump
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel: More turning up with evidence against TrumpA member of the House Jan. 6 committee says more witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Capitol insurrection following former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony last week against former President Donald Trump.
'Stay tuned' for new evidence against Trump in July hearings
Read full article: 'Stay tuned' for new evidence against Trump in July hearingsA member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot says more evidence is emerging that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol and rioted.
Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'
Read full article: Takeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'The House Jan. 6 committee used its hearing Thursday to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with 'RINO hunting' video
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How platforms dealt with 'RINO hunting' videoWhen a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.
Jan. 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour before attack
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour before attackThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing at least one participant taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the Capitol complex.
Hearings guide: What to know as the Jan. 6 panel goes public
Read full article: Hearings guide: What to know as the Jan. 6 panel goes publicThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will hold the first in a series of hearings laying out its findings on Thursday night.
Ginni Thomas' emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election
Read full article: Ginni Thomas' emails deepen her involvement in 2020 electionNewly discovered emails show that Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was more deeply involved in baseless efforts to overturn the 2020 election than previously known.
House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shooting
Read full article: House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shootingThe House has passed legislation that would devote more federal resources to preventing domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
GOP Gov Hutchinson says 2024 presidential bid 'on the table'
Read full article: GOP Gov Hutchinson says 2024 presidential bid 'on the table'Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race.
GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run again
Read full article: GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run againLongtime Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton, who voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, announced Tuesday he will not run for a 19th term in Congress.
Anti-Trump Republicans lining up for 2024 shadow primary
Read full article: Anti-Trump Republicans lining up for 2024 shadow primaryA shadow primary has begun to take shape among no fewer than three fierce Republican critics of former President Donald Trump to determine who's best positioned to occupy the anti-Trump lane in the next presidential contest.
Trump talks Putin, grievances as GOP focuses on midterm wins
Read full article: Trump talks Putin, grievances as GOP focuses on midterm winsLeading Republicans spent much of the first three days at a conservative political gathering avoiding Donald Trump’s chief grievances or ignoring him altogether.
Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
Read full article: Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against himA rift over the Republican National Committee's symbolic vote to censure former President Donald Trump’s House GOP critics has exposed the competing forces fighting to control the party.
Trump's GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president
Read full article: Trump's GOP: Party further tightens tie to former presidentParty leaders at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting this past week left no doubt that the GOP is choosing to serve Donald Trump and his political interests before the next presidential election.
GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them
Read full article: GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust themRepublican officials meeting in Utah have advanced a watered-down resolution that would formally censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their perceived disloyalty to former President Donald Trump but not try to expel them from the party.
Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting
Read full article: Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meetingMembers of the Republican National Committee are scheduled to meet in Salt Lake City this week to discuss a series of measures solidifying former President Donald Trump's standing ahead of the midterm elections.
Kinzinger pushes 'uneasy alliance' to thwart Trump's allies
Read full article: Kinzinger pushes 'uneasy alliance' to thwart Trump's alliesCongressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is calling on Democrats and independents to form an “uneasy alliance” with Republicans to fight former President Donald Trump’s influence in Republican politics.
Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection
Read full article: Trump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrectionDonald Trump’s excommunication from the Republican Party seemed a near certainty on Jan. 6, 2021, the day a raging band of his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn his election loss.
Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount
Read full article: Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mountThe House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is planning televised hearings and a series of reports in the coming months to present its findings and bring its private interviews out into the open.
Biden signs bill hiking US borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion
Read full article: Biden signs bill hiking US borrowing limit by $2.5 trillionPresident Joe Biden has signed a bill raising the nation’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, avoiding a potentially catastrophic default and resolving the turbulent issue until after the 2022 midterm elections.
House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
Read full article: House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebukeThe House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.
Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
Read full article: Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US HouseIn the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans.
Police say they’re ready for rally supporting Jan. 6 rioters
Read full article: Police say they’re ready for rally supporting Jan. 6 riotersWith Washington still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent.
House asks companies to save Jan. 6 phone, computer records
Read full article: House asks companies to save Jan. 6 phone, computer recordsThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking social media and telecommunications companies to preserve phone or computer records for hundreds of people.
Veterans are prized recruits as congressional candidates
Read full article: Veterans are prized recruits as congressional candidatesRepublicans and Democrats have something in common when it comes to recruiting candidates they hope will deliver majorities in Congress after the 2022 election, and that's their pursuit of military veterans.
GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal
Read full article: GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawalRepublicans are lining up to blister President Joe Biden’s handling of Afghanistan as they try to turn violence and chaos there into political opportunity back home.
Liz Cheney's Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort
Read full article: Liz Cheney's Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effortSome local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced that they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeach Donald Trump.
Jan. 6 panel hires former House Republican to senior staff
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel hires former House Republican to senior staffA House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has hired former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman as a senior staff member, bringing on the one-term Virginia lawmaker as GOP leaders have criticized the panel as too partisan.
Capitol police testimony blunts GOP's law-and-order message
Read full article: Capitol police testimony blunts GOP's law-and-order messageSearing testimony from Capitol police officers describing the horror of the Jan. 6 insurrection could undermine Republican efforts to paint themselves to voters as the party of law and order.
Capitol attack hearing: 'Kill him,' racial slurs and more
Read full article: Capitol attack hearing: 'Kill him,' racial slurs and moreDuring emotional testimony, four police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 vividly recalled the violence they endured while fighting against then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Pelosi says 'deadly serious' Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP
Read full article: Pelosi says 'deadly serious' Jan. 6 probe to go without GOPHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do” whether Republicans participate or not.
Pfizer to discuss vaccine booster with US officials Monday
Read full article: Pfizer to discuss vaccine booster with US officials MondayPfizer says it plans to meet Monday with top U.S. health officials to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials
Read full article: Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officialsPfizer says it plans to meet Monday with top U.S. health officials to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Whose 'Big Lie'? Trump's proclamation a new GOP litmus test
Read full article: Whose 'Big Lie'? Trump's proclamation a new GOP litmus testDonald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame members of the party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen.
Whose 'Big Lie'? Trump's proclamation a new GOP litmus test
Read full article: Whose 'Big Lie'? Trump's proclamation a new GOP litmus testDonald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame members of the party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen.