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July 1, 2021

Cheney says Jan. 6 select committee won't be partisan, sidesteps question on compelling McCarthy to testify

Rep. Liz Cheney sidestepped a question about whether former President Trump or House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., should testify in front of the committee.

July 1, 2021

Pelosi refuses to answer question about Ilhan Omar's latest inflammatory statements this week

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to answer a question about "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., most recent inflammatory statements about Israel and her Jewish Democratic colleagues.

July 1, 2021

Capitol riot investigation: Pelosi taps Republican Liz Cheney to sit on new committee

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney to her newly formed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, making her the lone GOP appointee among Pelosi's eight picks.

June 30, 2021

Capitol riot: House creates committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

The House on Wednesday passed legislation to create a select committee focused solely on investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a move that was panned by Republicans as too partisan but hailed by Democrats as necessary to give the American people a full accounting of what happened during the deadly attack. 

June 30, 2021

House Dems set to vote on Jan. 6 select committee as GOP leadership pushed members to oppose Pelosi effort

The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a move Republicans say is likely to advance "a partisan agenda" rather than pursue the truth.

June 30, 2021

House GOP re-election arm targets 11 potentially vulnerable Democrats over rising prices

The House Republicans re-election committee is taking aim at 11 Democrats it considers vulnerable in the 2022 midterm elections with a new online ad blitz that spotlights the nationwide rise in inflation.

June 28, 2021

Speaker Trump? He will need to secure an absolute majority in the House

It’s unclear if former President Trump will again run for the Oval Office in 2024.

June 25, 2021

Finally, agreement in Washington, and it lasted a whole five minutes

Things seemed fine in Washington for about five minutes Thursday when President Biden and a coalition of bipartisan senators announced a pact on an infrastructure plan.

June 24, 2021

Biden says he won't sign bipartisan spending deal without Democrats' infrastructure wish list

President Biden on Thursday touted a new major bipartisan spending deal but warned he wouldn't sign the roughly $1 trillion in roads, bridges and broadband investments unless Congress passes a separate bill on human infrastructure filled with Democratic priorities on expanding the social safety net. 

June 24, 2021

Pelosi creates select committee to investigate Jan. 6 riot, says 'Republicans are afraid of the truth'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced the creation of a select House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot following the failure last month of a bipartisan effort to form an independent commission in the Senate.