Oct 21 False claims overwhelm local efforts to ensure voters the elections are secure By Morgan Lee, Associated Press Republican commissioners in one rural New Mexico county have tried everything they can think of to persuade voters that their elections are secure. But none of it seems to be working. Continue reading
Oct 21 Read the Jan. 6 committee’s full subpoena to Donald Trump The decision by lawmakers to exercise their subpoena power comes a week after the committee made its final case against the former president, who they say “personally orchestrated” a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Biden says nearly 22 million have already requested student loan relief By Jim Salter, Associated Press President Joe Biden says nearly 22 million people have applied for federal student loan relief in the week since his administration made its online application available — more than half of the number the White House believes are eligible for… Continue reading
Oct 21 Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Donald Trump, demanding he testify By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The nine-member panel sent a letter to the former president's lawyers on Friday, demanding his testimony under oath by mid-November and outlining a series of corresponding documents. Continue reading
Oct 21 As 2022 midterms approach, disinformation on social media platforms continues By David Klepper, Associated Press Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they're taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month's midterms. Continue reading
Oct 21 Former Trump advisor Bannon gets 4 months behind bars for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to serve four months behind bars after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Biden predicts Democrats will see success in midterms By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden is predicting that the momentum will shift back to Democrats in the final days of the midterm elections and that the party would do “just fine."… Continue reading
Oct 21 ‘Momentous’: Actor Anna May Wong to be first Asian American on U.S. currency By Terry Tang, Associated Press More than 60 years after Anna May Wong became the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the pioneering actor has coined another first, quite literally. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 9:54 British prime minister steps down after tumultuous six-week tenure By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi British Prime Minister Liz Truss is on the way out after fewer than seven weeks on the job. Her Conservative Party vows to select a new prime minister by next Friday, but now the Brits are picking up the political… Continue watching
Oct 20 Supreme Court Justice Barrett rejects appeal over Biden student debt plan By Associated Press Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration's student debt cancellation program. Continue reading