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Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible 'civil war' expected to testify to House committee Tuesday
U.S. Justice Department(WASHINGTON) -- An Ohio man who accused Joe Biden, other Democrats, and the mainstream media of "treason" is set to testify in a public hearing Tuesday before the House committe...
Jul 12, 2022
Biden interrupted by parent of mass shooting victim while marking gun law passage
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden was briefly interrupted by a parent whose son was killed in a mass school shooting as he hosted hundreds impacted by gun violence ...
Jul 11, 2022
House Jan. 6 committee announces next hearing date; expected to focus on who was in Capitol mob
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 on Tuesday announced its next hearing: July 12 beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The panel has ...
Jul 11, 2022
Trump never invoked executive privilege over Bannon's Jan. 6 testimony, his attorney tells investigators
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department revealed in an early Monday morning court filing that federal investigators interviewed former President Donald Trump's at...
Jul 11, 2022
Sen. Chuck Schumer tests positive for COVID-19
YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has tested positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said Sunday night. The New York senator, who is vaccinat...
Jul 11, 2022
Biden weighs public health emergency in support of abortion access -- tells advocates, 'Keep protesting'
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- “Keep making your point. It’s critically important," President Joe Biden said as for his message to the thousands of abortion-ri...
Jul 10, 2022
Bannon now says he will testify for Jan. 6 committee after Trump's OK -- with contempt trial looming
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Steve Bannon, a former top adviser in Donald Trump's White House, recently told the House panel investigating the Capitol riot that he wo...
Jul 10, 2022
Trump White House counsel's Jan. 6 interview didn’t contradict other witnesses: Kinzinger
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the House select committee investigating last year's Capitol riot, said Sunday that Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone didn't contradict p...
Jul 10, 2022
Paul Whelan’s brother speaks on his Russian detention, US government response
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The twin brother of Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine detained in Russia on espionage charges, said he had mixed feelings about the responses to the cases involving Trevor Re...
Jul 09, 2022
Abortion rights activists protest at White House, urge Biden to do more
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Abortion rights protesters gathered outside the White House on Saturday to call on President Joe Biden to do more to protect access. ...
Jul 09, 2022
