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What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign
Read full article: What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaignThe 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest.
Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles 'shooting at her'
Read full article: Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles 'shooting at her'Kamala Harris says it was ādisqualifyingā for Donald Trump to say former Rep. Liz Cheney should have rifles āshooting at herā to see how she feels about sending troops to fight.
Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
Read full article: Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election loomsProgressive Democrats are warning Kamala Harris that she risks losing the support of a small, but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaignās closing message ā and its messengers ā immediately.
Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choice
Read full article: Liz Cheney helps Harris seek moderate votes as they paint Trump as a dangerous choiceKamala Harris headed to the suburbs in three battleground states on Monday to court Republican voters uneasy about Donald Trump.
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.
The Latest: Harris campaigns in Wisconsin and Trump in Michigan in battle for 'blue wall' states
Read full article: The Latest: Harris campaigns in Wisconsin and Trump in Michigan in battle for 'blue wall' statesDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is opening a two-day stay in Wisconsin and Michigan, and Republican candidate Donald Trump will be in Michigan on Thursday as the two candidates grapple for wins in the āblue wallā battleground states, which also include Pennsylvania.
Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP's birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan
Read full article: Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP's birthplace while Trump rallies in MichiganVice President Kamala Harris has rallied side-by-side with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party.
MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take a political turn
Read full article: MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take a political turnCommunities across the nation have been celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with acts of service, prayer services and parades.
Liz Cheney urges New Hampshire primary voters to take a stand against GOP 'cowardice'
Read full article: Liz Cheney urges New Hampshire primary voters to take a stand against GOP 'cowardice'On a mission to keep former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House, former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is urging New Hampshire voters to use their upcoming presidential primary to send a message to the world.
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 Trumpās lies about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
Read full article: Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?Rep. Jim Jordan becoming House speaker would help cement the far rightās takeover of the Republican Party and trigger conflict with Democrats over the size and scope of government.
Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way
Read full article: Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its wayMitt Romneyās decision not to run for another Senate term has a distant echo of his fatherās departure from politics five decades ago.
Liz Cheney urges graduates not to compromise with the truth in commencement speech
Read full article: Liz Cheney urges graduates not to compromise with the truth in commencement speechFormer Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney blasted Republicans raising fears about college students voting and implored new graduates not to compromise truths in a commencement speech at her alma mater.
Ginni Thomas says she regrets post-election texts to Meadows
Read full article: Ginni Thomas says she regrets post-election texts to MeadowsVirginia Thomas says she regrets sending texts to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the 2020 election, telling the House Jan_ 6 committee in a September interview that āI would take them all back if I could today.ā.
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.
Jan. 6 committee eyes referring criminal charges for Trump
Read full article: Jan. 6 committee eyes referring criminal charges for TrumpThe House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection.
Trump's Constitution remarks put McConnell, GOP on defense
Read full article: Trump's Constitution remarks put McConnell, GOP on defenseSenate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has delivered another rebuke of Donald Trump, saying anyone who thinks the Constitution can be suspended would have a āvery hard timeā becoming president in the United States.
Jan. 6 panel extends deadline for Trump to produce documents
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel extends deadline for Trump to produce documentsThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has extended the deadline for former President Donald Trump to turn over documents as part of a subpoena issued last month.
Cheney: 1/6 panel won't let Trump turn testimony into circus
Read full article: Cheney: 1/6 panel won't let Trump turn testimony into circusThe House committee investigating the Capitol riot wonāt give Donald Trump the chance to turn a possible live TV appearance of his subpoenaed testimony into a ācircusā and āfood fightā as lawmakers try to ensure he complies with their demands.
Trump's subpoena and what's next for the Jan. 6 panel
Read full article: Trump's subpoena and what's next for the Jan. 6 panelIn an extraordinary step, the House Jan. 6 committee has voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump ā a final effort to get the full story of the Capitol insurrection as the panel wraps up its work by the end of the year.
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 nationās democracy is at stake.
House committee member hints āsurprisingā material to be showcased in Capitol riot hearing
Read full article: House committee member hints āsurprisingā material to be showcased in Capitol riot hearingThe House committee is investigating the January 6 Capitol riot as it prepares for its 9th hearing on Thursday.
Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracy
Read full article: Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracyWyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they donāt like the results.
1/6 chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claims
Read full article: 1/6 chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claimsVirginia āGinniā 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.
Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel
Read full article: Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panelThe wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, conservative activist Virginia Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
House passes election law overhaul in response to Jan. 6
Read full article: House passes election law overhaul in response to Jan. 6The House has passed legislation to overhaul the rules for certifying the results of a presidential election as lawmakers accelerate their response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and Donald Trumpās failed attempt to remain in power.
Open primary may save Trump's GOP targets in Washington
Read full article: Open primary may save Trump's GOP targets in WashingtonTwo Republican members of Congress from Washington who drew interparty challenges due to their vote to impeach former President Donald Trump were leading other Republicans in the stateās top two primary.
Michigan GOP Rep. Meijer loses reelection after Trump vote
Read full article: Michigan GOP Rep. Meijer loses reelection after Trump voteMichigan Rep. Peter Meijer, who witnessed the Capitol riot days after taking office in 2021 and then cast one of the 10 Republican votes to impeach Donald Trump over the attack, has lost his reelection bid.
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 āGinniā Thomas, whoās married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as part of its investigation of the Capitol riot and Donald Trumpās role.
Jan. 6 hearings traced an arc of 'carnage' wrought by Trump
Read full article: Jan. 6 hearings traced an arc of 'carnage' wrought by TrumpThe Jan. 6 congressional hearings have paused, at least for now, and Washington is taking stock of what was learned about the actions of Donald Trump and associates surrounding the Capitol attack.
Jan. 6 probes: What's next for Congress, criminal cases
Read full article: Jan. 6 probes: What's next for Congress, criminal casesThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has wrapped up its public hearings ā each featuring revelatory details about the day of violence itself or the weeks of efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.
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 Cheneyās 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 ā except one
Read full article: Jan. 6 hearing dominates top TV networks ā 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 ā with one prominent exception.
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.
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 āalternate universeā 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 Trumpās ādereliction of dutyā on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Jan. 6 takeaways: Extremists and āscreamingā in Trump meet
Read full article: Jan. 6 takeaways: Extremists and āscreamingā in Trump meetAt its seventh hearing, the House Jan. 6 panel on Tuesday showed further evidence that President Donald Trump was told, repeatedly, that his claims of election fraud were false ā but that he continued to push them anyway.
Jan. 6 panel probes Trumpās ācall to armsā to extremists
Read full article: Jan. 6 panel probes Trumpās ācall to armsā to extremistsIn a heated, āunhingedā dispute, Donald Trump fought objections from his White House lawyers to a plan, eventually discarded, to seize states' voting machines, the House Jan. 6 committee has revealed.
Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election season
Read full article: Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election seasonMore than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.
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 Hutchinsonās 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.
Trump's vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony
Read full article: Trump's vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimonyStunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid.
1/6 panel to hear of Trumpās pressure on Justice Department
Read full article: 1/6 panel to hear of Trumpās pressure on Justice DepartmentFormer top Justice Department officials have testified to the Jan. 6 committee that President Donald Trump hounded the department to pursue his false election fraud claims.
'Nowhere I feel safe': Election officials recount threats
Read full article: 'Nowhere I feel safe': Election officials recount threatsA former Georgia election worker in gripping testimony has told the House Jan. 6 committee about the onslaught of threats that she and her family received after former President Trump and his allies falsely accused her and her mother of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase.
1/6 panel hears from Raffensperger, others Trump pushed
Read full article: 1/6 panel hears from Raffensperger, others Trump pushedThe House Jan. 6 committee has heard chilling, tearful testimony that Donald Trumpās relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election led to widespread threats against local workers and state officials.
The moments resonating from the Jan. 6 hearings (so far)
Read full article: The moments resonating from the Jan. 6 hearings (so far)Nielsen numbers tell us how many people watched live coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings ā 20 million the first night, 11 million the second and nearly 9 million for the third.
Jan. 6 witnesses push Trump stalwarts back to rabbit hole
Read full article: Jan. 6 witnesses push Trump stalwarts back to rabbit holeInstead of convincing Donald Trump's most loyal supporters of his misdeeds, the revelations from the hearings into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are prompting many of them to reassert their views that he was correct in falsely asserting a claim to victory.
Trump lashes out at Jan. 6 committee as he teases 2024 run
Read full article: Trump lashes out at Jan. 6 committee as he teases 2024 runFormer President Donald Trump is lashing out at the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as he continues to tease his plans for a third presidential run.
EXPLAINER: The last-ditch plan to have Pence stop Biden win
Read full article: EXPLAINER: The last-ditch plan to have Pence stop Biden winThe House committee investigating the Capitol riot plans to focus its hearing Thursday on the pressure that Donald Trump put on Vice President Mike Pence in a last-ditch and potentially illegal plan to stop Joe Bidenās election victory.
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.
Takeaways: Big Trump win, election deniers advance in Nevada
Read full article: Takeaways: Big Trump win, election deniers advance in NevadaDonald Trump has notched a significant victory in South Carolina, where his preferred candidate made five-term Rep. Tom Rice the first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the former president last year.
Jan. 6 hearings: What we've learned, and what's next
Read full article: Jan. 6 hearings: What we've learned, and what's nextHouse investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trumpās lies about the 2020 election led directly to the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Police: House Republican's tour of Capitol wasn't suspicious
Read full article: Police: House Republican's tour of Capitol wasn't suspiciousPolice have determined a House Republican who led a tour of the U.S. Capitol the day before the Jan. 6 attack was simply showing his constituents around and not suspicious.
Day 2 of Jan. 6 hearings: Top Trump campaign aides heard
Read full article: Day 2 of Jan. 6 hearings: Top Trump campaign aides heardDonald Trumpās closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were systematically dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
President Biden plans to lower costs from gas to groceries, as inflation is on the rise
Read full article: President Biden plans to lower costs from gas to groceries, as inflation is on the risePresident Joe Biden said inflation is his top economic priority as prices jumped one percent between April and May.
What's next for the Jan. 6 panel: More hearings, more Trump
Read full article: What's next for the Jan. 6 panel: More hearings, more TrumpThe House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has laid out a roadmap for the series of hearings it is holding this month as it examines President Donald Trump's responsibility for the melee.