• 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 ...

  • Police testimony will lead off panel's first Capitol insurrection hearing

    Police testimony will lead off panel's first Capitol insurrection hearing

    Jul 09, 2021 06:51 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month with police officers who responded to the attack and custodial staff who cleaned up afterward, chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson said Friday. Thompson, D-Miss., says the ...

  • WATCH: Funeral for former Vice President Cheney held at Washington National Cathedral

    WATCH: Funeral for former Vice President Cheney held at Washington National Cathedral

    Nov 20, 2025 03:24 PM EST

    ... blood between the Cheneys and Trump After the 2020 election won by Biden, Liz Cheney served as vice chair of the Democratic-led special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. She accused Trump of summoning the violent mob and plunging the nation into “a ...

  • 3 takeaways from Bondi’s combative DOJ oversight hearing

    3 takeaways from Bondi’s combative DOJ oversight hearing

    Oct 07, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... since he became president again in January. Trump has threatened to investigate Schiff for the senator’s role in his impeachment proceedings and on the committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack. He noted that several career prosecutors had quit the DOJ because they were worried they’d be forced ...

  • Former White House doctor refuses to answer questions as House Republican probe Biden's health

    Former White House doctor refuses to answer questions as House Republican probe Biden's health

    Jul 09, 2025 07:00 PM EST

    ... invoke their Fifth Amendment rights in testimony to Congress. Allies of President Donald Trump, for example, invoked their rights when refusing to testify to the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Comer has has sought testimony from nearly a ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's claim that Biden pardons are 'void' because he used an autopen

    Fact-checking Trump's claim that Biden pardons are 'void' because he used an autopen

    Mar 18, 2025 05:29 PM EST

    ... for multiple pardons Biden issued Jan. 19, his final full day in office. That was the day he pardoned lawmakers who served on the congressional committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. The National Archives told the fact-checking website Snopes that official documents published in ...

  • Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system

    Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system

    Jan 22, 2025 05:40 PM EST

    ... tax and gun crimes despite having repeatedly pledged not to. He also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — all considered potential targets of investigation in a Trump administration despite no public evidence of ...

  • Biden issues pardons to his family members in final act in office, citing 'unrelenting attacks' from Trump and allies

    Biden issues pardons to his family members in final act in office, citing 'unrelenting attacks' from Trump and allies

    Jan 20, 2025 04:58 PM EST

    ... been known as an intuitionalist during his half-century in politics. Biden also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and allies who have been targeted by Republican President Donald Trump. He was sworn in ...