• Brooks and Capehart on Jan. 6 committee, infrastructure, budget, vaccine hesitancy

    Brooks and Capehart on Jan. 6 committee, infrastructure, budget, vaccine hesitancy

    Jul 23, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation, the infrastructure and budget negotiations in Congress, and vaccination efforts in America.

  • Pelosi blocked Trump allies Jordan, Banks from Jan. 6 committee. Now what?

    Pelosi blocked Trump allies Jordan, Banks from Jan. 6 committee. Now what?

    Jul 21, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... for someone who cares about that." So she doesn't really care about what Republicans are saying about her. She's focused on what this committee is right now and what it will do.Judy Woodruff: So, Lisa, where does this leave the investigation into January 6? And we know ...

  • WATCH: McCarthy says GOP won't participate in Jan. 6 committee if Dems won't accept appointed members

    WATCH: McCarthy says GOP won't participate in Jan. 6 committee if Dems won't accept appointed members

    Jul 21, 2021 07:33 PM EST

    House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday his party won't participate in the committee investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection if Democrats won't accept the members he appointed. WATCH: McCarthy’s comments in the player above. Earlier, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republicans tapped by McCarthy ...

  • 3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith’s testimony

    3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith’s testimony

    Jan 21, 2026 11:46 PM EST

    ... also not sure that her testimony would be admissible in court because it was secondhand. House Republicans focused on that online, saying that the original Jan. 6 committee’s case was “destroyed.” Watch for how much Republicans aim at Smith, versus work to chip away at the case and witnesses ...

  • House committee votes to hold Clintons in contempt of Congress in Epstein probe

    House committee votes to hold Clintons in contempt of Congress in Epstein probe

    Jan 21, 2026 09:17 PM EST

    ... Jan. 6, 2021, riot by a mob of the Republican president's supporters at the Capitol. Both Navarro and Bannon spent months in prison. The Jan. 6 committee also subpoenaed Trump in its inquiry. Trump's lawyers resisted the subpoena, citing decades of legal precedent they said shielded ex-presidents ...

  • WATCH: House Oversight advances resolution on holding Clintons in contempt

    WATCH: House Oversight advances resolution on holding Clintons in contempt

    Jan 21, 2026 03:28 PM EST

    ... Jan. 6, 2021, riot by a mob of the Republican president's supporters at the Capitol. Both Navarro and Bannon spent months in prison. The Jan. 6 committee also subpoenaed Trump in its inquiry. Trump's lawyers resisted the subpoena, citing decades of legal precedent they said shielded ex-presidents ...

  • A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown

    A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown

    Jan 05, 2026 04:30 PM EST

    ... There are new generations of people who are just growing up now who don't understand how close we came to losing our democracy on Jan 6, 2021," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the Jan. 6 committee, which was opposed by GOP leadership but nevertheless issued ...

  • How Trump spent years stoking dark theories, and why he’s facing Epstein case blowback now

    How Trump spent years stoking dark theories, and why he’s facing Epstein case blowback now

    Jul 15, 2025 05:05 PM EST

    ... Far-right commentator Jack Posobiec said at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit on Saturday that he would not rest "until we go full Jan. 6 committee on the Jeffrey Epstein files." Trump's weekend post sought to divert attention by calling on supporters to focus instead on investigating ...

  • With the full embrace of Republicans, Trump returns to a changed Washington

    With the full embrace of Republicans, Trump returns to a changed Washington

    Jan 20, 2025 06:24 PM EST

    ... legislation. In his final hours as president, Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons. Among them, pardons to the members and staff of the Jan. 6 committee that investigated the attack, as well as the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the House committee ...

  • Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Jan 20, 2025 01:07 PM EST

    ... excited. This is the trip of a lifetime.” Pardons for the Jan. 6 committee and Washington police officers Biden pardoned members and staff of the Jan. 6 committee that investigated the attack, as well as the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the committee ...