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Jan. 6 committee to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot – follow live updates
The Jan. 6 select committee’s eighth public hearing Thursday will go inside the White House to detail then-President Donald Trump’s hourslong refusal to call for an end to the Capitol riot. The hearing, set to start at 8 p.m. ET, marks the final scheduled presentation of the committee’s initial findings from its investigation of the […]
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If Trump was ‘Joe Blow from Kokomo,’ he would have been charged with crimes, former New York prosecutor says
Former President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges at the time said that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.” “I believe that Donald […]
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Criminal probe opened into deletion of Secret Service Jan. 6 text messages
A member of the US Secret Service looks out from the roof of the White House in Washington, DC on August 21, 2021. Andrew Caballero Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of Secret Service phone text messages related to the […]
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Inside the PGA Tour’s Washington lobbying effort against the Saudi-funded LIV golf league
(L-R) Majed Al Sorour, CEO of Saudi Golf Federation, and Greg Norman, CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, clap during the trophy ceremony during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on July 2, 2022 in North Plains, Oregon. Jonathan Ferrey | LIV Golf | Getty Images Since […]
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Chinese TikTok owner increased U.S. lobbying spending by 130% this quarter
Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance had its biggest lobbying quarter ever, spending more than $2.1 million in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government, according to its disclosure filed Wednesday in a federal database. That represents a 130% increase from ByteDance’s spending the previous quarter […]
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President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has mild symptoms
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. The 79-year-old president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two Covid booster shots, is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. Biden previously tested negative on Tuesday. Biden has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral pill that […]
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Raimondo warns of ‘deep and immediate recession’ if U.S. were to be cut off from Taiwan chip manufacturing
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned on Wednesday that the country’s current dependence on foreign computer chip fabrication puts it at risk of a recession if it’s ever cut off. Her comments come as Congress nears key votes on a bill to fund U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, While many computer chips are designed in the U.S. by […]
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Biden announces new climate change programs, but no emergency declaration
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden announced new executive steps to combat climate change on Wednesday, but fell short of issuing a climate-emergency declaration as […]
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President Biden’s job approval rating hits new low in public poll
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives aboard Air Force One at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters More Americans now think President Joe Biden is doing a bad job than at any prior point in his presidency, according to a major public opinion poll released Wednesday. […]
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Ukrainian first lady urges Congress to send more weapons for fight against Russia
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks to members of the US Congress about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on July 20, 2022, in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, on Wednesday urged bipartisan lawmakers to send more weapons to her […]
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