US Congress

Trump: January 6 'represented the greatest movement in the history of our Country'

Jun 10, 2022 13:02

Former US President Donald Trump says that the January 6, 2021 protest represented "the greatest movement in the history of our Country,” when thousands of people marched against the certification of the 2020 election which placed Joe Biden in office as the current US president.
Trump aides & organizers wanted mob march to Capitol, Jan. 6 witness says

Mar 25, 2022 13:10

A former aide to one of the groups that helped organize the “Stop the Steal” rally that took place outside of the White House on January 6, 2021, says that aides to the former president wanted to use the rally to encourage Trump loyalists to march to the Capitol building.
US Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock

Jan 07, 2022 18:03

A barrage of delay tactics as US Republicans are expected to do well in 2022 midterms that would give them control to shut down the inquiry about the 6 January attack on the Capitol.
Muslim staff in US Congress seek action against Islamophobia

Dec 09, 2021 03:29

Scores of Muslim congressional staff members have condemned US Representative Lauren Boebert's “Islamophobic and racist comments” about Muslims and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
US House passes defense bill, offering Ukraine $300mn in military aid

Dec 08, 2021 10:02

The US House of Representatives has proposed $300 million in military aid for Ukraine as part of a massive $770-billion annual defense budget that also includes bids to counter Russia and China.
Jan. 6 organizers used burner phones to communicate with Trump: Report

Nov 25, 2021 04:46

The key organizers of the Jan. 6 rally which was held near the White House used difficult-to-trace burner phones to keep their communications with former President Donald Trump secret, a new report has revealed.
More Trump allies handed subpoenas over January 6 attack on Capitol

Nov 23, 2021 13:18

The US House of Representatives has issued subpoenas for two more of former President Donald Trump's allies over their links to the deadly January 6 attack on Capitol Hill by Trump's supporters.
Bannon may not be only Trump ally indicted over Capitol attack

Nov 16, 2021 14:22

Two 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.
Trump personally involved in planning, execution of Jan. 6 protest: Cheney

Oct 20, 2021 15:07

Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney says the refusal of Steve Bannon, a longtime aide to former US President Donald Trump, to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Capitol riot clearly shows the Republican president’s role in the January 6th incidents.
Jan. 6 was worse than we knew

Oct 06, 2021 17:56

However horrifying the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol appeared in the moment, we know now that it was far worse. The country was hours away from a full-blown constitutional crisis — not primarily because of the violence and mayhem inflicted by hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters but because of the actions of Donald Trump himself.