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The Jan. 6 committee will look at the role far-right groups played during the riot
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The seventh public hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol takes place today, and the subject of far-right extremism is center stage.
The House Jan. 6 committee schedules a last-minute hearing for Tuesday
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
This will be the sixth hearing for the Democratic-led committee, which has spent the last few weeks building a case around former President Donald Trump and his influence on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Sen. Mitch McConnell is illuminating the legal conservative route for Republicans
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Much of the credit for the overturning of Roe v. Wade goes to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who helped install the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. He may not be finished.
Trump tried to use the DOJ in his effort to overturn election, ex-DOJ officials said
Thursday, June 23, 2022
The House Jan. 6 committee held a hearing Thursday with testimony from former DOJ officials on how Donald Trump tried to use the department to spread false claims about election fraud.
Jan. 6 hearing to focus on efforts to pressure states to block election certification
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
On Tuesday, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 election results.
John Eastman is the Trump lawyer at the center of the Jan. 6 investigation
Friday, June 17, 2022
The House panel hearing on Thursday focused on the role of conservative lawyer John Eastman, who pushed a theory that former Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the election results unilaterally.
Jan. 6 hearing examined lawyer who pushed plan for Pence to overturn election results
Thursday, June 16, 2022
The House Jan. 6 committee presented testimony about the pressure campaign against former Vice President Mike Pence as former President Trump and his allies tried to overturn the 2020 election.
The House Jan. 6 panel will hear from more witnesses during 2nd hearing
Monday, June 13, 2022
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will try to prove that Donald Trump knew he lost the election, but continued to press false claims about fraud anyway.
Who is Liz Cheney, the Republican who broke with her party to lead the Jan. 6 probe?
Saturday, June 11, 2022
The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection held its first public hearing Thursday. Republican Liz Cheney broke with virtually all of her GOP colleagues to help lead the probe.
What to expect for the rest of the month of Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection hearings
Friday, June 10, 2022
Thursday night, the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol launched a series of public hearings with a prime-time event. Here's what we expect for the rest of the month.
The panel investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds the first hearings tonight
Thursday, June 09, 2022
House lawmakers hold the first in a series of televised hearings in primetime Thursday. They promise new information as they explain what led up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and how it played out.
5 key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings
Thursday, June 09, 2022
It's been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.
Republican Liz Cheney's leading role in Jan. 6 hearings threatens her own future
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee, will make a statement at Thursday's primetime hearing and lead the questioning of witnesses. Breaking with her party may cost Cheney her House seat.
Republicans turn to military veterans to help flip control of House in midterms
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
GOP candidates with military experience are competing in swing districts. After seeing Democrats pick up seats with a similar strategy in 2018 and fielding veterans in 2020, the party sees an opening.
GOP military veterans are running for Congress, hoping to flip blue seats red
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
In the 1970s, three of every four members in Congress served in the U.S. military. It's now about one in six. Republicans are looking to a group of veterans running in House districts to change that.
Jan. 6 panel promises 'previously unseen material' in prime-time hearing on June 9
Thursday, June 02, 2022
The panel is expected to hold about a half dozen public hearings in June and release a report on its findings in September.
Days after Buffalo mass shooting, the House approves a bill to fight domestic terror
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The bill creates offices at DOJ, DHS, and the FBI to track domestic terror threats. GOP lawmakers argue it could allow federal officials to ensnare parents, a charge DOJ rejects.
McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday
Sunday, May 15, 2022
The GOP leader spoke from Stockholm following a trip to Kyiv. He backed Sweden and Finland joining NATO and pushed back on more isolationist voices in his party.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defends Supreme Court on abortion
Friday, May 13, 2022
McConnell defends the Supreme Court's chance of issuing rulings in conflict with a majority of Americans' views on abortion rights — telling NPR it's a feature of the system.
What Senator McConnell says about the Supreme Court and the future of abortion
Thursday, May 12, 2022
If Republicans win control in November, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that Congress could vote on further restrictions on abortion.