Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) on Tuesday accused Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) of poking her in the back and telling her to “kiss my ass” after she asked him to wear a mask in the U.S. Capitol. “Today, while heading to the House floor for votes, I respectfully asked my colleague …
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At 5:01 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, Tim Ramthun was sitting in his living room with the TV on when his cellphone rang. He turned to his wife of four decades, Carolann. “Oh, the president’s calling,” he told her. She scoffed. “Hello, Mr. President,” Ramthun said to the caller. “This …
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is set to announce his retirement at the age of 83, avoiding a repeat of the debacle created by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s untimely death and handing the Biden administration a chance to install the first new liberal justice on the court since Elena Kagan in …
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Get your cryptocurrency wallet ready. Melania Trump is auctioning off a hat she wore during a 2018 state visit with the French prime minister, and it could be yours, along with an original watercolor and “digital artwork NFT with motion” — both of which depict her in the white wide-brimmed …
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A lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems seeking $1.6 billion in damages from Fox News over its coverage of the 2020 election can proceed, a Delaware state judge ruled on Thursday. Judge Eric Davis noted in his 52-page opinion that Dominion’s complaint “supports the reasonable inference that Fox either (i) knew …
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“It is really bad up here on the hill.” “The president needs to stop this ASAP.” “Fix this now.” Those were all text messages from Republican members of Congress to Mark Meadows during the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, according to testimony Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) gave on Tuesday morning. …
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Philip Waldron, a retired Army colonel who shared a PowerPoint presentation titled “Election fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN” detailing options for how to overturn the 2020 election, says he briefed lawmakers in Congress ahead of Jan. 6, according to reports from multiple outlets. Waldron also says he …
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The House special committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a new round of subpoenas on Monday, requesting documents and testimony from former Trump adviser Roger Stone, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and three others believed to have “helped or had knowledge of the planning and financing …
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“Many” of the more than 200 witnesses who have testified to the Jan. 6 committee were former Trump administration staff who voluntarily came forward, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) told CNN’s Jim Acosta. “Many of them are people who were in the administration during the former president’s term who have information …
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Donald Trump‘s attempt to block Jan. 6 investigators from obtaining a trove of White House records pertaining to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election has been denied. Judge Tanya Chutkan determined Trump does not have the authority to overrule President Biden’s decision to waive executive privilege …
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