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Nov 1, 2022

Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel

Chief Justice John Roberts put a temporary hold on the handover of Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Oct 31, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to keep tax returns from House committee

Donald Trump is going to the Supreme Court again, this time to try to stop his tax returns from being handed to a congressional committee.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Oct 21, 2022

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to Donald Trump.

FILE - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, May 24, 2022. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says plans by Democrats to curb drug prices would place socialist price controls between Americans and the treatments they need. Durbin says his party's push is about inflation and public health.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Oct 17, 2022

Democrats confirm record number of Biden judges before midterms

Senate Democrats raced against the clock to confirm federal judges at a historic rate before the midterm election.

A video of then-President Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing in Washington on Oct. 13, 2022. (Alex Wong/Pool Photo via AP)
Oct 13, 2022

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump on Capitol attack, shows startling new video

The House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump, as it unveiled video from his closest aides describing his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Sep 30, 2022

House OKs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

The Democratic-led House passed a short-term spending bill on Friday that finances the federal government through mid-December.

Conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas walks during a break in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, at Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. House Office Building on Sept. 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Sep 29, 2022

Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claims, Jan. 6 committee chairman says

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Sep 29, 2022

Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday.

Sep 28, 2022

Manchin ends pipeline push, easing Senate’s path for spending bill

Sen. Joe Manchin has abandoned, for now, his push to speed up the permitting process for energy projects, easing the Senate’s path toward passing a stopgap spending bill.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on Aug. 15, 2022, in New York. A breakthrough came after intense negotiations in recent days between Gottheimer, a leader of the centrist coalition, and Rep. Ilhan Omar D-Minn., one of the leaders of the progressive faction. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Sep 22, 2022

House Democrats pass police funding bills despite divisions

House Democrats pushed through a long-sought policing and public safety package after overcoming internal differences.

Sep 22, 2022

House passes election law overhaul in response to Jan. 6

The House has passed legislation to overhaul the rules for certifying the results of a presidential election as lawmakers accelerate their response to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Sep 22, 2022

Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel

Conservative activist Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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