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US Capitol attack panel investigates Trump over potential criminal conspiracy
Jan 10, 2022 06:54Messages between former US Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and others suggest the former President Donald Trump White House coordinated efforts to stop Joe Biden’s certification.
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US House top Dem. steps up attack on GOP: Legislative continuation of Jan. 6
Jan 10, 2022 05:35US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping up attacks on GOP, claiming they are trying to "undermine our democracy" by taking measures amounting to "legislative continuation" of Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
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Jan. 6 committee will ask Mike Pence to answer questions: Chair says
Jan 09, 2022 06:20The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack will ask former US Vice President Mike Pence to answer its questions, according to the panel's chairman.
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Bannon and allies bid to expand pro-Trump influence in local US politics
Jan 06, 2022 06:05Growing drive by hardcore Trumpists spurs US election watchdogs to voice alarm about threat to American democracy.
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One year in, Biden’s nuclear policies look a lot like Trump’s (2)
Jan 05, 2022 12:09Currently, the U.S. is pursuing a nuclear weapons modernization program that was launched by the Obama-Biden administration that is expected to cost at least $1.7 trillion by 2046. This includes large spending increases on a controversial low-yield smaller nuclear warhead, the total replacement of the intercontinental ballistic missile force, new B-21 strategic bombers, B-52 upgrades, more destructive nuclear warheads, as well as other programs.
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Meet the Biden war budget, same as the Trump war budget
Jan 03, 2022 12:40Organizations representing both progressive interests and more fiscally conservative perspectives had urged President Joe Biden earlier this year to pull back on the huge defense budget increases that occurred during former President Donald Trump’s four years in office.
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Jan. 6 committee looking at issuing subpoenas to Republican lawmakers: Chairman
Jan 03, 2022 04:39The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack is studying whether it can issue subpoenas to Republican members of Congress to force their cooperation, according to the panel's chairman.
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Legal experts say Trump could face charges for trying to obstruct certification of election
Dec 30, 2021 10:48Former US prosecutors say if the 6 January panel finds new evidence about former President Donald Trump’s role interfering with Congress’ job to certify Joe Biden’s election, that could help buttress a potential case by the Department of Justice.
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Most Republicans still consider Biden’s victory as illegitimate: poll
Dec 30, 2021 05:59A new US poll finds that 71% of Republicans still believe Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election was illegitimate, and 22% of Republicans opined that the election result was “definitely not legitimate.”
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Cori Bush calls for Congress to expel members who incited the Jan. 6 attack
Dec 29, 2021 07:05U.S. Rep. Cori Bush declared Monday (Dec. 27) that lawmakers should commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the deadly January 6 attack by passing her resolution to "investigate and expel the members of Congress who helped incite the violent insurrection at our Capitol."