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Split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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Read More »House special committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
Trump Organization, top executive expected to be charged Thursday
Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief are expected to be charged Thursday with tax-related crimes stemming from a New York investigation, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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Read More »Congress repeals Trump-era regulations on payday lenders
Congress overturned a set of regulations enacted in the final days of the Trump administration that effectively allowed payday lenders to avoid state laws capping interest rates.
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Read More »Judge tosses most claims in lawsuit over protest clearing for Trump photo op
A federal judge dismissed most claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed by police before then-President Donald Trump walked to a church near the White House for a photo op.
Read More »Senate Democrats demand Barr, Sessions testify on ‘shocking’ data seizure
Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that Trump-era Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018.
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Read More »Ex-White House counsel McGahn says effort to get Mueller fired was ‘point of no return’
Former White House counsel Don McGahn told lawmakers in a closed-door interview last week that he regarded President Donald Trump's effort to have special counsel Robert Mueller fired as “a point of no return" for the administration if carried out.
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Read More »DC protest not broken up due to Trump photo op, federal investigation finds
An internal investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump's plan to stage a photo opportunity at that spot.
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Read More »Trump’s grip on GOP sparks fears about democratic process: ‘There are a lot of warning signs’
To democracy advocates, Democrats and others, the persistence of the GOP’s election denial shows how the Republican Party is increasingly open to bucking democratic norms.
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Read More »Facebook suspends Trump accounts for 2 years
Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years after its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan.6 insurrection.
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Read More »House panel interviewing Trump counsel after 2-year battle
The House Judiciary Committee is poised to question former White House counsel Don McGahn behind closed doors.
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