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CIA report says Trump’s ‘fact-free’ approach caused briefing challenges
Dec 02, 2021 09:50According to a newly released account from the CIA, former US President Donald Trump’s chaotic and freewheeling style, and his disinclination to read anything put in front of him, resulted in the presidential daily briefing, or PDB – a crucial security update– being delivered more regularly to Vice-President Mike Pence instead.
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Bannon may not be only Trump ally indicted over Capitol attack
Nov 16, 2021 17:52Two days after the indictment of former White House adviser Steve Bannon, Adam Schiff, a senior Democrat warned on Sunday Nov. 14 criminal charges are possible for more associates of former US President Donald Trump refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the 6 January Capitol attack.
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US judge rules Trump White House records can be given to Capitol attack panel
Nov 11, 2021 09:47A US federal judge denied a request from former US President Donald Trump for an injunction aimed at temporarily blocking the National Archives from releasing records dating from his administration.
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Lawyer John Eastman and Michael Flynn among six subpoenaed by US Capitol attack panel
Nov 11, 2021 09:42The House select committee investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol on 6 January is targeting about 20 individuals connected to the former US President Donald Trump command center at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC, among them the legal scholar John Eastman, who outlined ways to deny Joe Biden the presidency.
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The US Senate is undemocratic. That’s bleak for Democrats’ midterm hopes
Nov 04, 2021 15:36Democrats are staring down an ugly reality in the US Senate: The historical malapportionment of the upper chamber, which awards two members to every state, even though Wyoming’s population is not only 68 times smaller than California’s but smaller than 115 counties nationwide, already places the party at a disadvantage.
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Biden apologizes for Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change
Nov 03, 2021 09:33President Joe Biden on Monday (Nov. 1, 2021) attempted to reinvigorate global commitments to fight climate change by pledging that the U.S. is "not only back at the table, but hopefully leading by the power of our example" at a conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Trump seeking to block call logs and notes from US Capitol attack panel
Nov 01, 2021 15:55The National Archives revealed in a court filing on Saturday Oct. 30 former US President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of speeches and notes from his chief of staff relating to the 6 January Capitol riot from being released to the investigating House committee.
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Capitol attack panel faces pivotal moment as Trump allies stonewall
Oct 31, 2021 10:44Questions about former US President Donald Trump’s role in January 06 events may go unanswered unless House investigators can secure a breakthrough to obtain documents and testimony.
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How a secretive conservative group influenced Trump’s tax cuts
Oct 29, 2021 15:51Recordings from a 2019 panel discussion of the US Council for National Policy reveal the former US President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the rich were sparked by personal conversations.
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Trump sues House January 6 committee to block release of documents
Oct 25, 2021 16:00Former US President Donald Trump on Monday (Oct. 25) filed a civil lawsuit against the House January 6 committee in an effort to block the release of documents related to his actions on that day.