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Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 assault on Capitol
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday the House of Representatives will create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on...
Jun 24, 2021
Sidney Powell, MyPillow CEO appear in court over election lawsuits
DNY59/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans around the country continue to rally around false claims of fraud in the 2020 election, two of former President Donald Trump's closest allies who helped push...
Jun 24, 2021
After Connecticut legalizes marijuana, only 2 New England states now prohibit cannabis
Strelov/iStock(HARTFORD, Conn.) -- After Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the state legislature's bill legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, eyes are now on Rhode Island and New Hampshire as...
Jun 23, 2021
Biden, bipartisan senators say they have framework infrastructure deal
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday announced they had reached framework infrastructure deal after a White House meeting just before Congr...
Jun 23, 2021
Top general defends West Point student studying of critical race theory
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the right of West Point students to discuss race after some Republican congressmen complaine...
Jun 23, 2021
'I'm ashamed': Woman who breached Capitol receives probation in 1st sentence handed down for Jan. 6 riot
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A grandmother from Indiana who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to three years of ...
Jun 23, 2021
Oath Keeper pleads guilty in major Capitol riot conspiracy case
Marilyn Nieves/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A member of the Oath Keepers charged in the Justice Department's sprawling conspiracy case targeting the group for its alleged coordination during the Jan. 6 insur...
Jun 23, 2021
Harris, under GOP pressure to visit border, headed to El Paso on Friday
Oleg Albinsky/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to El Paso, Texas on Friday with Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making it her first trip to the border after growing ...
Jun 23, 2021
Supreme Court rules for cheerleader in case involving school rules, free speech on social media
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in a major free speech case involving when schools can enforce rules of conduct on social media. The case involves Brandi Levy, who d...
Jun 23, 2021
As the Supreme Court wraps up, Justice Stephen Breyer offers no hints on retirement
Bill Chizek/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Among the most hotly anticipated decisions as the U.S. Supreme Court closes out the term this month is whether its oldest member and most senior liberal will call it ...
Jun 23, 2021
