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White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags
DALLAS (AP) — The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before...

Texas rabbi says he, 2 hostages escaped synagogue standoff
The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after...

Texas rabbi: Captor grew “belligerent” late in standoff
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — A rabbi who was among four people held hostage at a Texas synagogue said Sunday that their armed captor grew “increasingly belligerent and threatening” toward the...

British man identified as hostage-taker at Texas synagogue
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities on Sunday identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours before an FBI...

GOP leader Kevin McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with Jan. 6 panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing a request by the House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection to submit to an interview and turn over records pertaining to the...

Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot
Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before last year's insurrection envisioned only an improbable or remote risk of violence.

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 former White House aides
House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency, an effort to find out more about what the...

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying
A Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI about his...

Colin Powell, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims, has died of COVID-19 complications
Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in...

Jan. 6 panel moves against Bannon, sets contempt vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection moved aggressively against close Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Thursday, swiftly scheduling a vote to recommend criminal contempt...