Jan. 6 panel calls surprise hearing for Tuesday
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., right, listen. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House Jan. 6 panel says it is calling a surprise hearing on Tuesday to present “recently obtained evidence." The hearing comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the panel investigating the 2021 insurrection said last week that there would be no more hearings until July. A spokesman for the panel declined to comment on its substance.
wftv.comJan. 6 panel calls surprise hearing to present new evidence
The House Jan. 6 panel is calling a surprise hearing this week to present evidence it says it recently obtained, raising expectations of new bombshells in the sweeping investigation into the Capitol insurrection. Lawmakers on the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said last week that there would be no more hearings until July. The committee’s investigation has been ongoing during the hearings that started three weeks ago, and the nine-member panel has continued to probe the attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
news.yahoo.comThe impact of Kavanaugh's confirmation on the 2018 elections may reveal how the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact this year's midterms
40 US House seats flipped to Democratic candidates following Kavanaugh's confirmation, including 27 where GOP candidates were previously leading in the polls.
news.yahoo.comThe impact of Kavanaugh's confirmation on the 2018 elections may reveal how the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact this year's midterms
40 US House seats flipped to Democratic candidates following Kavanaugh's confirmation, including 27 where GOP candidates were previously leading in the polls.
news.yahoo.comSome 'Secure 2.0' retirement proposals in the Senate look different from the House version. Here are key provisions under consideration
A sequel to the original Secure Act of 2019 continues to advance in Congress, although not all proposals are guaranteed to make it into a final version.
cnbc.com2 GOP congressmen in Mississippi at risk of defeat in runoff
— (AP) — Congressional primary runoffs with incumbents are rare in Mississippi. U.S. Rep. Michael Guest is seeking a third term. The Associated Press researched state records dating back to 1952 and found that no U.S. representative from Mississippi has been in a party primary runoff during those 70 years. Guest represents Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, which includes parts of Jackson and its suburbs, encompassing the area where Guest was district attorney before being elected to Congress. Palazzo represents southeast Mississippi's 4th Congressional District, which includes the cities of Biloxi and Hattiesburg.
wftv.comPolice at Arizona Capitol fire tear gas, disperse protesters
SWAT team members with the Department of Public Safety fired tear gas from second floor of the old Capitol building to disperse protesters in the mall between the current House and Senate buildings. Stinging tear gas wafted through the building afterward, forcing the Senate to move its proceedings to a hearing room instead of the Senate chamber. The plan would open the program to all 1.1 million public school students. Currently about 255,000 public school students qualify for the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, although fewer than 12,000 participate. Democrats called it an assault on public school teachers that will scare them away from teaching about race in America but won't stop the students.
wftv.comPolice at Arizona Capitol fire tear gas, disperse protesters
Police fired tear gas to disperse abortion rights backers demonstrating from outside the Arizona Capitol Friday night, forcing lawmakers to huddle briefly in a basement inside the building as they rushed to complete their 2022 session.
House sends Biden compromise gun violence bill as Buffalo, Uvalde killings prompt end to decades of gridlock in Congress
WASHINGTON — (AP) — House sends Biden compromise gun violence bill as Buffalo, Uvalde killings prompt end to decades of gridlock in Congress. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
wftv.comHouse moves toward sending gun violence compromise to Biden
Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — A modest but wide-ranging gun violence measure moved within an eyelash of House approval Friday, a vote that would send the measure to President Joe Biden and illustrate progress on the long-intractable issue and a deep-seated partisan divide that persists. And while the legislation omits the far tougher restrictions Democrats have long championed, it stood to be the most impactful gun violence measure that Congress has approved since it enacted a now-expired assault weapons ban nearly 30 years ago. “No legislation can make their families or communities whole,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.. said of those victims. Top House Republicans urged a “no” vote on the gun package. The measure expands the use of background checks by rewriting the definition of the federally licensed gun dealers required to conduct them.
wftv.comPelosi: SCOTUS 'is eviscerating Americans' rights'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the Supreme Court's abortion ruling Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, calling it "an evisceration of Americans' rights" and warning that "Republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban." (June 24)
news.yahoo.comSetting gridlock aside, Congress set to OK gun violence bill
Congress Guns Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who has led the Democrats in bipartisan Senate talks to rein in gun violence, pauses for questions from reporters, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Senate bargainers reached agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill yesterday, with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer predicting Senate approval later this week. After weeks of closed-door talks, Senate bargainers from both parties produced a compromise taking mild but impactful steps toward making such mayhem less likely. Top House Republicans urged a “no” vote in an email from the No. “This is not a cure-all for the all the ways gun violence affects our nation,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., whose party has made gun restrictions a goal for decades.
wftv.comEx-Trump officials say GOP congress members requested pardons during final days of Trump administration
Former Trump administration officials at the Jan. 6 committee hearing Thursday said that Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona inquired about presidential pardons, while Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio talked about pardons, during the waning days of the administration.
news.yahoo.comTakeaways: Trump risked provoking 'constitutional crisis'
TRUMP'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN TURMOILDay after day, Trump pressured the department leaders to dig into false claims of election fraud after the November 2020 election. The officials told Trump that states conduct their own elections, free from federal interference. At point in late December 2020, Trump asked Rosen what Rosen found to be a “peculiar” question: Do you know Jeff Clark? By holding back their electors for Biden, the disputed states could submit alternate electors loyal to Trump. "It may well had spiraled us into a constitutional crisis," testified Richard Donoghue, the former acting deputy attorney general.
wftv.comDonoghue told Trump there would be hundreds of DOJ resignations if Clark was appointed acting AG
During a public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue said he told then-President Donald Trump that if he appointed Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general, there would be hundreds of DOJ resignations.
news.yahoo.com"Pure insanity": Witnesses say Trump pursued conspiracy theory that Italian satellite switched ballots
At the fifth public hearing of the House select committee investigating January 6, Republican committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger, former Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, and former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen discussed President Trump's insistence that federal officials pursue a "wild, baseless conspiracy theory" about an Italian satellite switching ballots.
news.yahoo.comFormer acting deputy AG testifies Trump pressured DOJ to declare 2020 election corrupt
Former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection that then-President Donald Trump pressured the Department of Justice to declare the 2020 presidential election corrupt, despite no evidence of fraud.
news.yahoo.comDocumentary crew captured Pence learning Pelosi wanted him to invoke the 25th Amendment against Trump
A documentary film crew that the House Jan. 6 Select Committee subpoenaed captured former Vice President Pence’s reaction to reading a draft House resolution calling on him to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove former President Trump from power, CNN reported. CNN obtained the video Thursday showing Pence first saw the draft…
news.yahoo.comProposed changes to retirement system get approval from Senate committee, setting stage for potential passage of ‘Secure 2.0’ this year
The so-called EARN Act received unanimous approval from the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, making it more likely that 'Secure 2.0' will clear Congress.
cnbc.comJan. 6 committee hearings continue Wednesday; former DOJ employees to testify
[Trump’s] attempt to corrupt the country’s top law enforcement body, the Justice Department, to support his attempt to overturn the election,” Thompson said Tuesday. The hearing is expected to feature one panel of witnesses, all of whom were former Trump administration DOJ officials — former Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen, former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue and former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel. The next hearings set for next week have been postponed until July, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The House will reconvene the week of July 11, and Thompson indicated that’s the earliest hearings would resume. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Illinois, one of two Republicans on the committee, will lead Thursday’s hearing,©2022 Cox Media Group
wftv.comTrump shot himself in the foot by opposing a bipartisan Jan. 6 commission because now he has no allies to defend him in scathing public hearings
Trump had the chance to back a Jan. 6 commission with GOP presence. Now he's reportedly furious that he has no allies to defend him in the hearings.
news.yahoo.comGinni Thomas responds to 1/6 panel, hearings stretch to July
Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. “It’s our expectation that we will keep talking and trying to get her to come in,” said Thompson, D-Miss. Thomas has previously said she "can't wait to clear up misconceptions," suggesting she would comply with the panel's request to testify. The committee had been scheduled to conclude this first round of public hearings in June. ___For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siegeCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comWhat Ideas Are in Play in (Yet Another) US Gun Debate
A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed new rules on guns that would break a decades-long legislative stalemate on the issue. Backed by President Joe Biden, the package of initiatives was inspired most recently by massacres at a Texas elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, grocery store. Here are the initiatives in the deal under consideration in Congress, plus a status report on other gun-related issues gaining momentum:
washingtonpost.comThese Are the Gun Measures Advancing in US Congress
A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed new rules on guns that would break a decades-long legislative stalemate on the issue. Backed by President Joe Biden, the package of initiatives was inspired most recently by massacres at a Texas elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, grocery store. Here are the initiatives in the deal under consideration in Congress, plus a status report on other gun-related issues gaining momentum:
washingtonpost.comCapitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says
Capitol Riot Investigation Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., gives opening remarks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. For the past year, the committee has been investigating the violence at the Capitol and its causes, and has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and produced some 140,000 documents. The committee had been scheduled to conclude this first round of public hearings in June. ___For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siegeCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comTop Senate Democrat casts doubt on prospect of major data privacy bill
Placeholder while article actions loadA top Democratic senator poured cold water Wednesday on the prospect of a landmark bipartisan privacy bill advancing this Congress as written, dealing a significant blow to long-stalled efforts to pass federal protections for consumers’ personal data. Choose your plan ArrowRight Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), whose panel controls the fate of any data privacy bill, told The Washington Post that she’s not close to supporting a major proposal recently unveiled by Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. AdvertisementLawmakers including Cantwell have tried to hash out a deal on a bipartisan privacy law for years, amid mounting concerns over the data protection practices of Silicon Valley giants, to little avail. The bill, formally introduced Tuesday, marked the most substantial development in the push to pass federal privacy standards in years. But Cantwell’s objections serve as a major hurdle toward the proposal’s chance of becoming law.
washingtonpost.comJan. 6 committee delays hearing schedule until July
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is pressing pause on its hearings for next week and picking them up again in July. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the committee, told reporters Wednesday that the committee would hold off on the two final hearings it had planned for…
news.yahoo.comCapitol riot hearing to stretch into July, chairman says
Capitol Riot Investigation Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., gives opening remarks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee's Thursday hearing, which is set to highlight former Justice Department officials testifying about Trump's proposals to reject the election results, would wrap up this month's work. For the past year, the committee has been investigating the violence at the Capitol and its causes, and has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and produced some 140,000 documents. ___For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siegeCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comJan. 6 panel in possession of new Trump documentary footage
Capitol Riot Investigation A committee exhibit is displayed on a screen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON — (AP) — New footage of former President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the possession of the House committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol. The filmmaker said the footage includes exclusive interviews with Trump, his children and then-Vice President Mike Pence while on the campaign trail as well as before and after the insurrection on the Capitol. The footage is the second time the committee will be leaning on documentary footage from that day to gather evidence for its sprawling, nearly year-long investigation. The statement from Holder also stated that he will be going before the committee to provide testimony on Thursday.
wftv.comPolice: Republican's tour of Capitol complex not suspicious
Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021, when rioting supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol.
Jan. 6 committee sets prime-time hearing date for findings
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will go public with its findings in a prime-time hearing next week, launching into what lawmakers hope will be one the most consequential oversight efforts in American history.
Florida Senate passes property insurance package
The Florida Senate has approved a sweeping legislative package meant to combat rising property insurance rates and other problems in the state’s turbulent insurance market, creating a $2 billion reinsurance fund and writing new rules around coverage denials and attorney fees.
Notable faces you should recognize this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time in which we pay tribute to the generations of people who have enriched our country’s history -- and the ones who are still growing up, who will be instrumental in future successes.