Defiant Tucker Carlson boasts Fox News Channel not carrying Jan. 6 hearing 'propaganda' live
As the first prime-time hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol gaveled in, Fox News host Tucker Carlson opened his show Thursday bragging about his network not carrying the proceedings live on its main cable channel. "This is the only hour on an American news channel that won't be covering their propaganda live," Carlson said of the committee. "They are lying and we are not going to help them do it." Every other major television network and cable channel offered continuous special coverage of Thursday's proceedin
Read MoreKushner dismisses Trump legal counsel threat to quit as 'whining'
Former Trump White House senior adviser Jared Kushner dismissed threats from then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his team to resign ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, riots as “whining,” according to testimony aired during Thursday night’s committee hearing. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), a member of the House select committee investigating the Capitol riots, asked Kushner during a recorded deposition whether he was aware of instances where Cipollone threatened to resign leading up to Jan. 6. “I kind of, like I said, my interest at that time was on trying to get as
Read MoreCheney: Trump 'summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack'
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Thursday laid blame directly on former President Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, saying during the House select committee's hearing that Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.” “Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful president,” Cheney, the vice chair of the Jan. 6 panel, said in her opening statement, which ran longer than 30 minutes. “President Trump summ
Read MoreZinke clinches GOP nomination for Montana House seat
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is on track to return to the House Representatives. Zinke is projected to beat out four other Republicans, including his main rival — surgeon Al Olszewski — in the GOP primary for Montana’s 1st Congressional District. The win makes him the heavy favorite to represent the newly created district in Washington next year. The primary took place on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race on Thursday at 7:52 p.m. ET. Zinke represented Montana’s at-large congressional district from 2015 until 2017, when former President Trum
Read MoreSenate panel approves Finland, Sweden's bid to join NATO
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday easily passed a resolution pressing NATO to quickly admit Finland and Sweden, a sign of bipartisan agreement in pushing back on Russian aggression. The committee in a voice vote approved the measure supporting the two Nordic states' entrance into the security alliance and urged other NATO members to do the same. There were no objections. “The committee’s passage of this resolution is a testament to the bipartisan support for Finland and Sweden joining NATO, and the urgency of strengthening the alliance amidst
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