Steve Bannon’s Contempt Conviction Hailed By Jan. 6 Committee
The longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
The longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
Moore, who weathered attacks on his biography, will be favored to win in November.
Critics just aren’t buying her claim that she was too busy taking White House inventory to notice her husband’s supporters were storming the Capitol.
The January 6 committee aired never-before-seen outtakes of President Trump’s speech on January 7, one day after the insurrection. He is seen initially reading a script that read “this election is now over. Congress has certified the results.” But Trump insisted on changing the script. “I don’t want to say the election is over,” Trump says in the video. “I just want to say Congress has certified the results, without saying the election is over.
During their eighth and final hearing until the fall, the January 6 House select committee aired new testimony from an anonymous national security official detailing how Mike Pence’s Secret Service agents feared for their lives during the breach of the Capitol. “There were calls to say goodbye to family members,” said the anonymous official. Despite knowledge of the growing mob, Trump decided to publish a tweet at 2:24 p.m.
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held a primetime hearing on Thursday night focused on former President Donald Trump’s refusal to take action as his supporters attacked the Capitol on January 6. Lawmakers dissected the three-hour period on January 6 after Trump urged his supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.
“Chariots of Fire,” the Benny Hill theme and Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” all made the list.
Trump’s son-in-law and adviser testified he was preparing to shower as the U.S. Capitol was being overrun and the House GOP leader asked for his help.
The suspected attacker was quickly apprehended by people at the campaign event. Zeldin was reportedly not injured during the brief confrontation.
During a prime-time hearing, the House select committee investigating the insurrection showed footage of the senator running out of the U.S. Capitol.
A clip of the video was shown during the latest hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.
Following the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have advanced to a runoff to succeed Johnson as Conservative leader, which would also make them prime minister. Both candidates would be “utterly devastating” for the U.K., says Guardian columnist George Monbiot. “What these people have to do to become prime minister is really to appeal to the worst instincts of humanity.
A massive heat wave has scorched much of Europe this week, with the U.K. shattering its record for highest temperature ever recorded Tuesday. We’re joined by author and environmental activist George Monbiot, whose latest column for The Guardian is headlined “This heatwave has eviscerated the idea that small changes can tackle extreme weather.
As heat waves scorch much of the globe, we look at who bears the brunt of the climate emergency and go to Kampala, Uganda, to speak with climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate. “The climate crisis has been here. It has been impacting the lives of so many people on the African continent, which is responsible for less than 4% of the global emissions,” says Nakate.
President Biden outlined new efforts to combat the climate crisis in a speech Wednesday but stopped short of declaring a national climate emergency — a move sought by the U.S. climate movement and many progressive lawmakers. This comes after Senator Joe Manchin just scuttled Biden’s Build Back Better climate legislation and as more than 100 million people in the United States are under heat advisories.
Brig. Gen. Paul Stanton, the commander of Fort Gordon, confirmed the “terrible tragedy.
A bipartisan group of senators has reached agreement on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act.
Interfering in GOP primaries is a questionable strategy, but it only works because of what the conservative base craves.
Tudor Dixon, a conservative commentator, is vying for the chance to take on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present.
On Tuesday, 17 Democratic lawmakers, almost all women, were arrested outside the Supreme Court while protesting the court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade. We speak with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who was one of several Democratic House members who has shared her personal experience of getting an abortion, about what a post-Roe America looks like.
We speak with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, after a man was arrested on suspicion of hate crime after neighbors said he allegedly pointed a gun at her home and threatened to kill her. He was found outside of her home last Saturday night with a .40-caliber handgun yelling “Go back to India.
A new 988 suicide and crisis hotline launched Saturday that people can call, text or chat. The three-digit shortcut phases out the 1-800-273-TALK number. Until now, the 988 lifeline was only available in some parts of the United States. We speak with Congressmember Jamie Raskin, who helped introduce legislation that provides funding for states to implement the rollout. His son Tommy tragically died by suicide at the age of 25 in December 2020 after a battle with depression.
We speak to Maryland Democratic Congressmember Jamie Raskin, member of the House January 6 select committee, about the pro-Trump Republican who won Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in the state and helped organized buses to the insurrection. Dan Cox is the latest in a slate of Republicans across the U.S. to advance in the party after supporting Trump’s election lies. If elected, Cox has vowed to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 election.
Ahead of the eighth hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, we speak with Congressmember Jamie Raskin, a member of the select committee, and get an update on how the Secret Service has only provided a single text exchange from the insurrection and may have purged the messages after oversight officials requested them.
We speak with Harvard journalism analyst Laura Hazard Owen, who says reporters will have to abandon “conventional journalism wisdom” to cover abortion stories following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Ivey defeated former Rep. Donna Edwards in a safe Democratic district.
“The great replacement? Yeah, it’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s their electoral strategy,” the Fox News host said.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated the group of 16 Republicans may be charged as part of the investigation.
“I explained it’s not allowed under the Constitution. He has a different opinion,” said Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.