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Republican senator says Trump's fate should be left to the courts
Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said former President Donald Trump’s fate should be left in the hands of the Department of Justice and the federal courts o...
Jan 10, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson announces run for reelection amid controversy over vaccine statements
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announced on Sunday that he will run for a third term in the Senate, after months of teasing a run. "During the 2016 cam...
Jan 10, 2022
Biden vaccine mandates face critical Supreme Court test
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the omicron coronavirus variant sweeps the nation, the Biden administration on Friday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to greenlight sweeping vaccinati...
Jan 07, 2022
Vice President Harris was inside the DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was found outside
Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan, 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was found outside the building, a Wh...
Jan 06, 2022
House Jan. 6 investigators contact ex-Oath Keeper featured in ABC News documentary
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- House investigators looking into the siege of the U.S. Capitol a year ago have contacted a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers militia, seeking to interview him about his tim...
Jan 06, 2022
Jan. 6 House select committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks on the insurrection a year later
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin reflected on the whirlwind period between the death of his 25-year-old son and...
Jan 06, 2022
Dick Cheney comes to Capitol on Jan. 6, says he's 'deeply disappointed' in GOP leadership
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party's most prominent elder statesmen was...
Jan 06, 2022
Biden confronts Trump over Jan. 6, warns of 'dagger at the throat of democracy'
Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden took the oath of office just days after the violent attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6, but he has fastidiously tried to prevent those unp...
Jan 06, 2022
Jan. 6 anniversary live updates: Biden slams Trump for 'web of lies' about Jan. 6, election loss
Samuel Corum/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Thursday marks one year since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Democrats plan to observe the anniversary with somber tributes at the building that's ...
Jan 06, 2022
Americans' faith in election integrity drops: POLL
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- America's faith in the integrity of the election system remains shaken by the events of Jan. 6, with only 20% of the public saying it's...
Jan 06, 2022
