Jan 06 WATCH: House of Representatives holds moment of silence on 2nd anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack By News Desk The House of Representatives held a moment of silence Friday for the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker on 4th chaotic day By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden has conferred high honors on those who stood against the Jan. 6 Capitol mob two years ago and the menacing effort in state after state to upend the election. Continue reading
Jan 05 South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban By James Pollard, Associated Press The court issued a 3-2 decision Thursday saying the restriction enacted by the Deep South state violates a state constitutional right to privacy. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:33 GOP divide leaves House without speaker for 3rd day as McCarthy again falls short By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura After three days and hundreds of votes cast, the house has still not elected a speaker. There is no sign that Kevin McCarthy has broken his GOP opposition, leaving the Republican party divided and Congress paralyzed. Lisa Desjardins reports on… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 5:52 Biden plan expels more migrants entering U.S. illegally, expands asylum applications By Amna Nawaz The White House unveiled a new immigration plan that will increase expulsions at the southern border. The plan cracks down on those who enter the country illegally but also allows 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti to enter… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 7:12 Intelligence fusion centers under scrutiny, accused of undermining civil rights By William Brangham, Sam Weber This week marks two years since the Jan. 6 attack. One of the groups raising alarms in advance was the so-called fusion centers, a national network of state and locally-run intelligence hubs created to gather and disseminate information across multiple… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 8:35 Exploring the threats to democracy that remain 2 years after Jan. 6 By Laura Barrón-López In the first general election after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, many of the most high-profile election deniers lost their races. But threats to democracy remain as extremist political factions remain emboldened, Trump’s presidential bid is built on… Continue watching
Jan 05 Religiously, Congress doesn't reflect modern America, Pew finds By Peter Smith, Associated Press The religious makeup of the incoming 118th Congress looks more like what America used to be than what it is today. Continue reading
Jan 05 Two-thirds of glaciers are on track to disappear by 2100, study says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can… Continue reading