Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.
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Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal
After what one called a “heartbreaking” verdict, House prosecutors who argued for Donald Trump's conviction of inciting the U.S. Capitol riot said Sunday they had proved their case and railed...
AP FACT CHECK: The senator and Trumpās misdialed phone call
Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial hit a snag when Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to how Democrats characterized a phone call from the president when the Capitol insurrection...
AP FACT CHECK: Trumpās lawyers and the Constitution
Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued thereās an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the weight...
Pete Buttigieg urges big funds for Department of Transportation in confirmation hearing
President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, appeared on a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to help carry out the administration’s ambitious...
FACT CHECK: Trumpās fiction in his goodbye to Washington
In his final remarks as president, Donald Trump tried to take credit for accomplishments of his predecessor and even those to come under President Joe Biden.
AP FACT CHECK: Trumpās made-up claims of fake Georgia votes
President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state seeking a reversal of his...
Senator says Trump, McConnell likely to back COVID-19 relief
A proposed COVID-19 relief bill is expected to get backing from President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell but it won't include $1,200 in direct payments to most...
Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill wonāt offer $1,200 checks
With time running out, lawmakers on Sunday closed in on a proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would provide roughly $300 in extra federal weekly unemployment benefits but not another round...
FACT CHECK: Trumpās claims of vote rigging are all wrong
Clinging to notions of widespread vote rigging that his own attorney general has disputed, President Donald Trump repeated a litany of baseless assertions Wednesday of political corruption, machine tampering and...