• 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 EST

    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 EST

    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 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: House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary

    WATCH: House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary

    Jan 06, 2026 01:44 PM EST

    At the same time, Democrats held their own morning meeting at the Capitol, reconvening members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack for a panel discussion. Recalling the history of the day is important, they said, in order to prevent what Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md ...

  • 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 ...