Riot suspect who accused Democrats of 'treason' to testify before Jan. 6 committee: report
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol will hear testimony Tuesday from a riot suspect who accused President Biden of "treason" and warned of "civil war" if President Trump did not stay in power. Stephen Ayres of Warren, Ohio, admitted to illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6 to protest the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to ABC News reporting. "Mainstream media, social media, Democrat party, FIS
Read MoreRaskin: 'A bad faith actor like Donald Trump can plant booby traps' in the electoral system
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, said on Monday that people such as President Trump “can plant booby traps” in the U.S. electoral system to skew the results their way. Speaking ahead of the Jan. 6 panel's next public hearing on Tuesday, Raskin said that the Electoral College is “an actual danger to the American people” when someone like Trump is in power and refuses to concede. “A bad faith actor like Donald Trump can plant booby traps in all of the nooks and crannies,” he told
Read MorePro-Bernie Sanders group launches campaign urging Biden not to run for reelection
A progressive grassroots organization that supported Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2016 and 2020 White House bids announced on Monday that it will launch a campaign to oppose President Biden's reelection in 2024. RootsAction wrote in a press release that Biden has been "neither bold nor inspiring" since taking office early last year. And because his "prospects for winning re-election appear to be bleak," it will launch the #DontRunJoe campaign on Nov. 9, one day after the midterm electi
Read MoreUS stumbles in monkeypox response
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Read MoreEnergy & Environment — Are the feds closing the door on climate action?
The federal government may be running out of time for meaningful action on climate change, green groups want action on a key EPA enforcement official and Texas’ grid operator advises energy conservation. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk.
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