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Trump issued Jan. 6 subpoena, 'orchestrated' effort to overturn 2020 election
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump has been formally subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The subpoena requires Trump to turn...
Oct 21, 2022
Anti-gun violence group will spend $1M against election-denier secretary of state candidates
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Everytown for Gun Safety, the prominent gun violence prevention organization, on Friday announced its first-ever investments in local secretary of state race...
Oct 21, 2022
Wave of new Americans could play key role in Arizona midterm election
ABC News(PHOENIX) -- As Yesenia Cruz-Bejarano emerged from the Moose Lodge, an early voting location in South Phoenix, tears streamed down her face even as she smiled brightly with joy. "I've been her...
Oct 21, 2022
Steve Bannon sentencing updates: Bannon sentenced to four months, pending appeal
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is scheduled to be sentenced today following his conviction on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, after he defied ...
Oct 21, 2022
Lindsey Graham ordered to appear before Georgia grand jury probing 2020 election
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images(FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's request to block a subpoena from the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating...
Oct 20, 2022
Biden makes rare appearance with Democrat for Fetterman's Senate race against Oz
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(PITTSBURGH, Penn.) -- With the clock ticking toward next month's midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Thursday traveled to battleground Pennsylvania to tout his i...
Oct 20, 2022
Steven Mnuchin testifies in trial of Trump ally Tom Barrack
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Longtime Trump confidant charged with acting as agent of foreign government Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified Thursday in the trial of forme...
Oct 20, 2022
New Trump-backed super PAC injects nearly $4 million in ad spending into key races
IronHeart/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new super PAC backed by former President Donald Trump is injecting money into key 2022 races, investing $4 million in a new round of ad spending in battleground...
Oct 20, 2022
Blinken discusses top challenges facing US abroad: Russia, Saudi Arabia, China
Michael Le Brecht/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown "no interest" in engaging in "meaningful diplomacy" with Ukraine, after...
Oct 20, 2022
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who'll accept service of subpoena, sources say
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has yet to formally subpoena former President Donald Trump, in part becaus...
Oct 20, 2022
