• House to vote on centuries-old election law overhaul in response to Capitol insurrection

    House to vote on centuries-old election law overhaul in response to Capitol insurrection

    Sep 21, 2022 03:12 PM EST

    ... 6 sessions are "as the constitution envisioned, a ministerial day," said Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican who co-sponsored the legislation with House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. Both Cheney and Lofgren are also members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. "The American people ...

  • Independents once ready to vote for Republicans wavering ahead of midterm elections

    Independents once ready to vote for Republicans wavering ahead of midterm elections

    Sep 19, 2022 06:34 PM EST

    ... Fond of his tough views on spending, she began the year planning to support his reelection again. She became skeptical this summer as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection reported his office discussed giving then-Vice President Mike Pence certificates with fake presidential electors for Donald ...

  • Bannon charged in New York with laundering money raised to build border wall

    Bannon charged in New York with laundering money raised to build border wall

    Sep 08, 2022 04:55 PM EST

    ... In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years ...

  • Congressional committees demand DHS inspector general turn over information about deleted Secret Service texts

    Congressional committees demand DHS inspector general turn over information about deleted Secret Service texts

    Aug 16, 2022 04:53 PM EST

    ... into the Secret Service and DHS handling of those communications. The missing texts are also at the center of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, of which Thompson is the chairman. The Secret Service has since turned over a large number of records and documents to the committee ...

  • 2 men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

    2 men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

    Aug 08, 2022 11:18 PM EST

    ... secretly recorded conversations, text messages and chilling social media posts. It also comes at a time of intense news coverage of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by Trump supporters at the Capitol. Jurors will see how undercover FBI agents and informants had infiltrated the ...

  • Rudy Giuliani won't testify Tuesday in Georgia election probe

    Rudy Giuliani won't testify Tuesday in Georgia election probe

    Aug 08, 2022 08:06 PM EST

    ... evidence or testimony that is not subject to some claim of privilege in this matter,” Thomas wrote, noting that Giuliani had appeared virtually before the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and testified for more than nine hours. “Mr. Giuliani is willing to do ...

  • Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beats former Gov. Eric Greitens in GOP Senate race

    Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beats former Gov. Eric Greitens in GOP Senate race

    Aug 03, 2022 02:26 AM EST

    ... has significant financial support. John Wood, 52, a lifelong Republican, former U.S. attorney and most recently a top investigator for the U.S. House committee examining the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, has the backing of a political action committee led by former Republican Sen. John Danforth. Salter reported from ...

  • 2022 Missouri Primary Election Results

    2022 Missouri Primary Election Results

    Aug 01, 2022 08:07 PM EST

    ... independent candidate who has significant financial support. John Wood, 52, a lifelong Republican, former U.S. attorney and most recently a top investigator for the U.S. House committee examining the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, has the backing of a political action committee led by former Republican Sen. John Danforth.

  • What we learned on Day 8 of the Jan. 6 hearings

    What we learned on Day 8 of the Jan. 6 hearings

    Jul 22, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol concluded its first round of public hearings Thursday night, with a nearly three-hour presentation centered on a crucial 187 minutes on that day featuring first-hand accounts inside the White House. This as new information showed that some ...

  • U.S. Rep. Jody Hice subpoenaed in Georgia election investigation

    U.S. Rep. Jody Hice subpoenaed in Georgia election investigation

    Jul 18, 2022 07:12 PM EST

    ... then-Vice President Mike Pence to disregard the true electoral votes from those seven states when he presided over the ceremonial certification process on Jan. 6, 2021. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Meadows, revealed the details of the White House meeting to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 ...