• No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen

    No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen

    Oct 10, 2021 10:07 PM EDT

    ... that changing the COVID-19 accommodations would have altered a state’s election results. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who is serving on a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, on Sunday slammed Scalise for spreading Trump’s “Big Lie.” “Millions of Americans have been sold a fraud ...

  • Democrats promote Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel

    Democrats promote Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel

    Sep 02, 2021 03:21 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, placing her in a leadership spot on the panel as some Republicans are threatening to oust her from the GOP conference for participating. Cheney, a fierce critic of ...

  • WATCH: Capitol Police officer calls indifference to colleagues 'disgraceful'

    WATCH: Capitol Police officer calls indifference to colleagues 'disgraceful'

    Jul 27, 2021 07:38 PM EDT

    A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection opened its first hearing Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building - an effort to put a human face on the violence of the day. Watch the moment in ...

  • WATCH: Capitol Hill officers demand action in riot hearing

    WATCH: Capitol Hill officers demand action in riot hearing

    Jul 27, 2021 07:07 PM EDT

    The Chairman of the House committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection wrapped up Tuesday's testimony by asking the four testifying officers what action they wanted to see come out of the investigation. Watch their remarks in the player above. "Tell us, based on the last 202 days of your ...

  • WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing

    WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing

    Jul 26, 2021 03:03 PM EDT

    ... delta mutation that is also spreading throughout the U.S., has caused the Biden administration to tread slowly about increasing transatlantic travel. With the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol set to hold it's first hearing on Tuesday, Psaki said President Joe Biden continued to ...

  • Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe

    Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe

    Jul 23, 2021 10:52 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts. Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker's office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the ...

  • WATCH: Pelosi says Jan. 6 panel to move ahead without GOP's choices

    WATCH: Pelosi says Jan. 6 panel to move ahead without GOP's choices

    Jul 22, 2021 06:04 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection "will do the job it set out to do" despite Republicans' vow to boycott the probe. Watch her news briefing Thursday in the player above. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that Republicans ...

  • Biden says getting a COVID-19 vaccine is ‘gigantically important’

    Biden says getting a COVID-19 vaccine is ‘gigantically important’

    Jul 22, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

    ... get done." Back in Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans selected by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. McCarthy said the GOP won't participate in the investigation if Democrats won't accept the members he ...

  • July 21, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    July 21, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jul 22, 2021 12:36 AM EDT

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejects two Republican nominees to serve on the committee reviewing the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. As a spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases raises new concerns, we breakdown the basic guidance at this critical moment. And, a unique summer camp that ...

  • Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe, GOP may boycott

    Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe, GOP may boycott

    Jul 21, 2021 05:16 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision McCarthy denounced as “an egregious abuse of power.” McCarthy said the GOP won't participate in the investigation if ...