Raskin, Kinzinger detail plans for Jan. 6 hearings this week
Members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out their plans for hearings this week, which will focus on testimony from former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, plotting by far-right extremist groups and discussions about using the military to seize voting machines. The House panel has confirmed it will hold a hearing on Tuesday morning and is planning to hold a prime time hearing on Thursday, a source told
Read MoreCapitol Police sergeant injured on Jan. 6 says Trump betrayed oath to Constitution
A Capitol Police sergeant injured during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times on Sunday that former President Trump "betrayed his oath to defend the Constitution." Aquilino Gonell wrote in the Times that he was present in the committee room when the Jan. 6 panel investigating that day heard public testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. “Of course, I never would have imagined that an American president would not only not come to the aid of law enforcement officers defending the Cap
Read MoreBiden says he's mulling health emergency for abortion access
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn't seem like “a great option.” He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court's ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who have been demonstrating across
Read MoreCommerce secretary pushes back on criticism of Biden after Roe ruling
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that Democrats aren’t justified in critiques of President Biden’s response to the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and left the regulation of abortion up to individual states. Raimondo said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Biden "doesn't have a silver bullet to solve" a host of issues facing the country but that he's trying to find any way toward solutions within the confines of his executive limitations. Biden
Read MoreKhanna says Democrats need to be disciplined: 'You don't get anywhere attacking' Biden
Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that Democrats “don’t get anywhere attacking” President Biden and called on the party to come together ahead of November’s midterm elections. “Do you ever hear the Republicans, four months before a midterm election, criticizing their own Republican president?” Khanna asked on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.” “They don’t criticize a Republican, former Republican president, who committed insurrection. They still have people out
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