Jun 23 FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes, widely blamed teen vaping surge By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. Continue reading
Jun 23 Supreme Court strikes down New York law restricting guns outside the home, with implications for other states By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press In major ruling for gun rights, the Supreme Court has struck down a New York gun law in a ruling expected to directly impact half a dozen other populous states. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Senate debates new gun bill in wake of mass shootings By Alan Fram, Associated Press The Senate pushed a bipartisan gun violence bill to the brink of passage Thursday as it voted to halt a Republican filibuster against the measure, clearing the way for Congress' most far-reaching response in decades to the nation's run of… Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Former Trump COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx appears before House committee By Hannah Grabenstein Former COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx appeared before a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Thursday morning to testify on former President Donald Trump's response to the pandemic. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Richard Donoghue and why is he testifying at the Jan. 6 hearing? By Kenichi Serino Richard Donoghue, the acting deputy attorney general in the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency and one of the Department of Justice officials who resisted pressure to validate Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. Continue reading
Jun 22 WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 5 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press On Tuesday, the committee heard from election workers and state officials on Tuesday as they described President Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Jeffrey Clark and why is he important to the Jan. 6 hearings? By Kenichi Serino Jeffrey Clark, a high-ranking DOJ official in the Trump administration, did not appear publicly at the fifth House Jan. 6 committee hearing, but most of the witness testimony focused on his actions in President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office. Continue reading
Jun 22 Who is Steven Engel and why is he testifying in the Jan. 6 hearings? By Dan Cooney, Hannah Grabenstein Top Justice Department Steven Engel is scheduled to testify June 23 before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 5:52 Biden asks Congress to suspend the federal gas tax to curb rising prices President Biden is calling on Congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax. The president told reporters at an event Wednesday that he knows the proposal isn’t a permanent solution to rising prices at the pump. White House correspondent Laura… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 5:33 Senators announce bipartisan deal on gun safety legislation in the wake of mass shootings Congress appears poised to deliver the biggest overhaul to the nation’s gun laws in nearly three decades. It’s a development few observers believed possible, even as mass shootings like those in Buffalo and Uvalde shook the country. Congressional correspondent Lisa… Continue watching