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Jan. 6 committee recommends Navarro, Scavino be held in contempt of Congress
Stefani Reynolds/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack recommended on Monday that the full chamber hold senior Trump White H...
Mar 28, 2022
Senate Judiciary chair says Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Dick Durbin, is calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases fol...
Mar 28, 2022
US Capitol resumes limited tours 2 years after pandemic began
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Capitol finally reopened its doors Monday after being closed for nearly two years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will be a limited reopeni...
Mar 28, 2022
Jan. 6 panel expected to request interview with Ginni Thomas following revelations of texts
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to ask the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas...
Mar 28, 2022
Ukrainian forces retake Trostyanets, town in northeast
Glowimages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defen...
Mar 28, 2022
Biden makes 'no apologies' for saying Putin 'cannot remain in power'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden appeared to want to both ways when he fielded a barrage of questions Monday asking him to clarify his remarks that Russian President Vla...
Mar 28, 2022
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Jared Kushner, former President Trump's son-in-law who served as a senior West Wing aide during the Trump administration, is expected to appear voluntarily bef...
Mar 28, 2022
Judge finds Trump 'more likely than not' committed felony obstruction in effort to overturn election
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has found that former President Donald Trump "more likely than not" committed felony obstruction in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential ...
Mar 28, 2022
Ginni Thomas' texts present 'textbook case' for Justice Thomas to recuse himself: Klobuchar
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Senate Judiciary Committee member Amy Klobuchar said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from certain cases after it emerged that his wife, Virginia "Ginn...
Mar 27, 2022
Utah lawmakers override veto of trans sports ban
George Frey/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- The Utah state legislate has voted to override Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of an anti-transgender sports bill that would ban transgender girls' participati...
Mar 25, 2022
