The House Ways and Means Committee said it wanted to review the effectiveness of the presidential audit program while the former president claimed it was an attempt to dig up dirt.
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D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack
The goal of the lawsuit is ‘full restitution and recompense’ for the city of Washington, which has incurred huge costs for treating hundreds of injured officers.
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House votes to hold former Trump aide Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe
The near party-line vote is the latest show of force by the Jan. 6 panel, which is determined to get answers quickly and in doing so reassert congressional authority.
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Max Linn, a colorful candidate, dead at 62
Linn privately speculated in 2020 that he may have caught COVID-19 during a trip to Wuhan in late 2019.
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Jan. 6 panel votes in favor of contempt charges against Trump aide Mark Meadows
The former chief of staff ceased cooperating and did not show up for a deposition last week.
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Pilot launched to assess racial impact of state legislative bills
The purpose of the statements is to address what many see as systemic racism in state government by considering whether a proposed new law would help, hurt or have no impact on historically disadvantaged racial populations.
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On ‘Tonight Show,’ Biden talks of cross-party friendship – and making breakfast
He also celebrates the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it would ‘create millions of jobs.’
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New inflation number feeds angst about Democrats’ $2 trillion bill
But the recent performance of financial markets suggests investors don’t see consumer price hikes as a long-term problem.
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Missouri county halts virus measures after GOP attorney general’s order
Laclede County will drop mask mandates and quarantine rules and stop investigating cases and end contact tracing.
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Bob Dole honored in hometown as ‘greatest of the Greatest Generation’
He died Sunday at 98 after serving nearly 36 years in Congress and running as the GOP nominee for president in 1996.