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US probe of Jan. 6 attack falls apart after Pelosi boots two Republicans off committee
Jul 22, 2021 11:13US plans for a bipartisan committee to investigate the pro-Trump January 6 attack on the Capitol Hill have fallen apart after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off two Republicans from a riot committee.
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US House Speaker to form a select committee to probe Jan. 6 US Capitol riot
Jun 25, 2021 08:18US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has made it official that she is constituting a select committee to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, saying it is “imperative that we seek the truth”.
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Landmark voting rights bill defeated in US Senate despite Democratic unity
Jun 24, 2021 18:37US Democrats accuse Republicans of seeking to reduce polling hours and locations and drop boxes, and tightening voter ID laws, as a direct response to former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen by voter fraud.
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Pelosi to appoint new panel to investigate Jan. 6 protests
Jun 23, 2021 18:13US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to create a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 protests at the Capitol after the Senate Republicans blocked the formation of an independent panel.
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F.B.I. is pursuing ‘hundreds’ in Capitol riot inquiry, Wray tells US Congress
Jun 17, 2021 20:30The F.B.I. is pursuing potentially hundreds more suspects in the Capitol riot, the agency’s director told Congress on Tuesday (15 Jun 2021), calling the effort to find those responsible for the deadly assault “one of the most far-reaching and extensive” investigations in the bureau’s history.
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IAEA chief: ‘Political will’ from all sides needed to revive Iran nuclear deal
Jun 16, 2021 18:26The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says “political will” is needed from all parties to the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal for the negotiations to come to a conclusion.
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Senate report details security failures in Jan. 6 capitol riot
Jun 11, 2021 18:23Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to “storm the Capitol,” infiltrate its tunnel system and “bring guns,” according to a new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault.
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US Republicans are trying to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack
May 30, 2021 20:06US Senate Republicans have blocked the creation of a special commission to study the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes for a bipartisan panel amid a Republican push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Trump’s supporters behind them.
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Former US House Speaker blasts Trump, says GOP is “at a crossroads”
May 28, 2021 11:22Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan has blasted the former US President Donald Trump and his grip over the Republican Party, warning the GOP about drifting from the “core principles of conservatism.”
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As talks bog down, hopes for bipartisan deals on Biden’s priorities dim
May 25, 2021 21:16Negotiations in Congress over some of President Biden’s key priorities are facing new headwinds, dimming Democrats’ hopes that they might be able to overcome the partisan gridlock that has come to define Washington and quickly broker deals with Republicans to push through their ambitious agenda.