Politics
Former Trump Aide Dan Scavino Tried And Failed To Anonymously Fight A Subpoena For His Phone Records
Scavino filed the lawsuit under his name after a judge rejected his bid to only be known as “Plaintiff.”
Zoe Tillman
Progressives Are Betting That The Uncertain FBI Activity Around Rep. Henry Cuellar Could Help Push Him Out Of Office
Progressives are hopeful that Jessica Cisneros can beat Rep. Henry Cuellar in a rematch after the flurry of activity this week.
Lissandra Villa
Immigrants Desperate For Medical Aid Aren't Being Let In On Humanitarian Grounds
“It should not take a call to a congressperson for a child with blood clots in the brain or [a] tangled spinal cord to be considered urgent humanitarian circumstances,” one attorney said.
Adolfo Flores
This Top Biden Climate Official Knows You're Anxious And They're Working On It, All Right???
“There’s just anxiety that we’re not going to be able to do what we say,” said the chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Zahra Hirji
Democrats In Wisconsin Are Figuring Out How They Should Campaign Against One Of The Senate’s Biggest Conspiracy Theorists
The race offers Democrats a high-profile test at how forcefully they should counter conspiracy theories promoted by candidates like Johnson.
Lissandra Villa
Congress Is Trying To Figure Out What To Do About Crypto's Colossal Carbon Footprint
House members pushed back on crypto CEOs' assertion that bitcoin's energy consumption is actually a "feature not a bug."
Sarah Emerson
Rep. Lauren Boebert Asked A Group Of Jewish Capitol Visitors If They Were Doing "Reconnaissance"
The Colorado Republican left the visitors “confused” after a short encounter.
Kadia Goba
Democrats' Voting Rights Plan Is Dead After They Failed To Change Senate Rules
Senate Democrats were not able to vote together to change the filibuster for the bill, stalling a core Democratic campaign promise.
Paul McLeod
The Supreme Court Rejected Trump's Last-Ditch Effort To Stop The Jan. 6 Committee From Getting His Records
Only Justice Clarence Thomas made clear that he would have intervened on Trump’s behalf.
Zoe Tillman
President Joe Biden Didn’t Expect Republicans To Obstruct His Agenda
“What are they for? Name me one thing they’re for,” Biden said on Wednesday.
Nidhi Prakash
Alleged Capitol Rioters Are Getting In Trouble For Guns And Other Violations After Going Home
A common theme popping up in violations among those on pretrial release has come from defendants who are reluctant to give up access to firearms.
Zoe Tillman
Congress's Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani And More Trump Allies
The committee is also looking to speak with Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn.
Kadia Goba
Worried About 2024’s Election Being Stolen? Pay Attention To 2022 First.
House and Senate races can be overturned by a majority vote. In an era of lies about stolen elections, that can get messy fast.
Paul McLeod
Two Days After Calling For Voting Rights Reform From Georgia, Biden Said Democrats Have “Missed This Time”
“I hope we can get this done, but the honest to god answer is I don’t know,” Biden said.
Nidhi Prakash
The Supreme Court Blocked A Vaccine Mandate For Private Companies, But Allowed One For Healthcare Workers
The court ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was empowered to "set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures."
David Mack
The Founder Of The Oath Keepers Has Been Charged With Seditious Conspiracy
The case against Rhodes and 10 others is the first sedition case brought in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Ken Bensinger
Hugo Boss And Other Big Brands Vowed To Steer Clear Of Forced Labor In China — But These Shipping Records Raise Questions
Amid rising tensions and the approaching Beijing Olympics, the US banned Xinjiang cotton last year. But Hugo Boss still took shipments from Esquel, which gins cotton in Xinjiang.
Alison Killing
Biden Made His Most Forceful Rebuke Of Republicans Yet Over Voting Rights, But There’s Still No Progress On Reforms
Joe Biden’s speech in Georgia was “stirring,” but the two major voting rights bills are still far from becoming law.
Nidhi Prakash
Congressional Staff Pressed Justice Department Officials For Safety Plans Before The Capitol Riot
“Soooo this has taken a turn for the worse,” one congressional staffer wrote to federal law enforcement agencies during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Kadia Goba
Donald Trump Is Once Again In Court Arguing He Can’t Be Sued For What He Said While President
Trump wants a judge to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Zoe Tillman
A Coalition Of Voting Rights Groups Will Skip Biden's Speech In Georgia
“What we're saying is we don't need another speech. What we need is actually a plan.”
Nidhi Prakash
A Judge Had Zero Patience For An Alleged Capitol Rioter’s Request To Travel To Jamaica
Chief Judge Beryl Howell wrote that approving such a request was not the right way to “commemorate” the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack.
Zoe Tillman
After A Year Of Mostly Avoiding Trump, Biden Condemned Him On The Anniversary Of The Insurrection
In Biden’s clearest and most prolonged denunciation of Trump from the executive office, he addressed the ongoing threats to democracy related to his predecessor's brand of politics.
Lissandra Villa
Republicans Bailed On Congress’s Capitol Riot Commemorations. Except For…Dick Cheney?
Democrats, at least for a minute, are very happy to shake Dick Cheney's hand.
Kadia Goba
A Year After Jan. 6, An Exhibit Tries To Unravel What Happened That Day
The Bronx Documentary Center’s exhibit on Jan. 6 looks at not only one day, but the years that led up to it.
Pia Peterson
Biden And Harris Issued A Dire Warning: Democracy Is In Danger And Political Violence Is A Threat One Year After The Jan. 6 Attack
"Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm?" President Joe Biden asked during a speech at the US Capitol.
Nidhi Prakash
These Numbers Tell The Story Of Jan. 6 One Year Into The Prosecution
More than 700 people charged, 174 guilty pleas, and 74 sentences. And an unknown number of cases to go. This is where the sprawling legal effort stands one year in.
Zoe Tillman
The Threat Posed By Domestic Extremists Is Even Greater A Year After The Capitol Attack
“The threat of extremism today is perhaps less obvious. … But what’s happening is gravely serious,” one expert said.
Christopher Miller
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended
Greene is the first member of Congress to have her personal political account banned from Twitter.
David Mack
So You Admitted To Participating In The Insurrection. Now What?
Judges are figuring out in real time what the consequences should be for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Zoe Tillman
