Politics

Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed Wednesday for a deposition by the House’s Jan. 6 committee. “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on January 6th and in the days that preceded,” […]

Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — As Tuesday’s primaries get underway, the influence of big money, the “big lie” and some Democratic groups have meddled in some of the races. Primaries in several states, including Colorado, Illinois and New York, will also be held against the backdrop of the latest — surprise — […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement for then-President Donald Trump to release during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was written by him during a meeting at the White House that afternoon, and not by White House aide […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s surprise hearing on Tuesday featured highly-anticipated and explosive testimony from someone who was inside the White House both as the Capitol attack unfolded and in the days before. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, spent some […]

Minko Chernev / EyeEm / Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Colorado voters on Tuesday will choose party nominees in a variety of local and statewide races — and put to the test a multimillion-dollar plan by left-leaning groups there hoping to gain an advantage in the November midterms by influencing the Republican primaries. Democratic-affiliated organizations have […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is holding a surprise hearing Tuesday after saying it wouldn’t be holding more until the middle of July. The committee said the focus would be on “recently obtained evidence.” Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, […]

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will convene Tuesday afternoon for a surprise public hearing, signaling apparent urgency among members to reveal further findings from their year-long inquiry. The hearing, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET, will see […]

kolderal/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The United States is working to finalize the purchase of an advanced air defense system bound for Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at the G-7 summit in Germany Monday. Developed in Norway, the NASAMS is an anti-aircraft medium-to-long-range surface-to-air missile that can reportedly strike targets 100 miles away. […]

Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In his speech responding to last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision reversing the guarantee to abortion access, President Joe Biden urged Americans to vote on the issue — to both elect local leaders who would ensure the availability of abortion in their states as well as Democrats to Congress where […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the First Amendment protects a public school coach’s right to pray near students. The case focusing on separation of church and state involved a high school football coach praying post-game at the 50-yard line, joined by his players. The court held that the […]