Nation Sep 02 Biden seeks $47 billion in emergency dollars for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in…
Politics Sep 01 Jan. 6 panel asks former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for information The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeking information from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Politics Aug 04 U.S. ‘desperately needs’ electoral law update, Manchin testifies Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin are making the case for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act.
Politics Jul 28 Jan. 6 committee interviews Mnuchin, pursues other former Trump Cabinet members The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
Politics Jul 26 New evidence from Jan. 6 committee shows Trump changed script for speech after Capitol attack Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria tweeted out a short video that included testimony from White House aides discussing Trump's speech that next day and a screenshot of the speech, with notes and thick black lines through some of the text.
Politics Jul 21 WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Trump ‘betrayed his oath’ The committee is taking a close examination of Trump’s actions on Jan. 6. The focus of this hearing is on the three-plus hours during the insurrection at the Capitol when Trump failed to act to stop the attack.
Politics Jul 19 Rep. Bennie Thompson, Jan. 6 panel chairman, has COVID The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday.
Politics Jul 16 Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for erased text messages The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee understands the messages had been “erased.” Thompson outlined an aggressive timeline for production of the documents by Tuesday.
Politics Jul 15 House to vote on bills restoring abortion rights. But Senate odds remain unlikely The legislation has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting marks the beginning of a new era in the abortion debate as lawmakers, governors and legislatures grapple with the impact of…
Politics Jul 11 WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings – Day 7 House investigators are laying out the origins of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, using testimony to describe Trump’s “call to action” in a December tweet and how his advisers urged the president to drop his…