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Trump lunged at Secret Service agent in rage when told he couldn’t go to Capitol on Jan. 6, aide testifies
Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein […]
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Jan. 6 hearing: Former Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson to testify on Trump White House
A former top aide to ex-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows is set to testify Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol during a surprise hearing announced just a day earlier, NBC News reported. Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide, made waves last week […]
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LinkedIn co-founder Hoffman hopes to get more Democrats elected to Congress by beating some in the midterms
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman wants to get more Democrats elected to Congress this fall, but first, he has to defeat some Democrats this summer. The billionaire is spending millions on campaigns against what his advisors see as radical, far-left Democrats in hopes of getting more moderate Democrats to November’s general elections where the party will […]
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Jan. 6 committee announces surprise hearing for Tuesday on new evidence
Chairperson Bennie Thompson (D-MS) attends the third of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 16, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot announced it will hold […]
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European stocks close slightly higher; Prosus up nearly 16% on Tencent share sale plan
LONDON — European stocks closed slightly higher on Monday, as a positive trend seen at the end of last week’s trading lost some momentum. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally ended 0.6% higher, having traded up more than 1% earlier in the session. Mining stocks rose over 2% to lead the gains. In terms of […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stocks look to build off last week’s rebound A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures rose before the […]
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Zelenskyy set to ask G-7 leaders for more firepower to fight Russian forces; Kyiv, Odesa and other key regions hit by missile strikes
UK’s Boris Johnson to tell fellow G-7 leaders they must end Putin’s ‘stranglehold’ on food prices British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to call on world leaders gathered at the G-7 summit in Germany on Monday to take urgent action to get essential food supplies out of Ukraine. The U.K. said it was working […]
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Biden urges Western unity on Ukraine amid war fatigue
President Joe Biden and Western allies opened a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression. Britain’s Boris Johnson warned the leaders not to give in to “fatigue” even as Russia lobbed new missiles at […]
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President Biden signs bipartisan gun reform bill into law
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about U.S. vaccination progress following a visit to a District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden signed the nation’s most significant […]
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Republicans lawmakers sought Trump pardons on heels of Jan. 6 Capitol riot, committee told
Excerpts from an email by U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asking for pardons for members of Congress are shown on a screen during the fifth public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol […]
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