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I have loved my job and am leaving NASA.
A scientist has said that if Republicans are elected to the US Parliament, they would challenge the Joe Biden administration on controversial policies and investigate any misstep. With the levers of Congress under their control, researchers said agency leaders could be called before Congress on any number of issues, including the US response to the…
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A House committee voted to make public a report on Trump’s tax returns.
The US’ House Ways and Means Committee will receive former President Donald Trump’s tax returns in one week, the panel said on Thursday. This comes after a federal appeals court refused Trump’s request to hold up the release of the returns. Democrats in the House Ways and Means committee had requested the tax returns in…
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The Jan. 6 committee decided to end their investigation by abandoning their efforts to subpoena phone records.
The US House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has given ex-President Donald Trump more time to turn over documents it subpoenaed. However, it did not explain why the extension was granted. Trump’s legal team has also sued the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack for…
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The new GOP House member is accused of faking his bio.
New York Republican Congressman-elect George Santos has denied claims by The New York Times that he never received his bachelor’s degree from either New York University or Barcuch College. He added that he received a law degree from New York University, while the Times alleged he received a bachelor’s degree from Barcuch College. “Congressional-elect Santos…
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The committee voted to subpoena Trump.
Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have submitted to a US court that they’ll consider responding to written questions when required by the House of Representatives Oversight committee. However, they added that they also have concerns and objections about the majority of the document requests. The committee has subpoenaed Trump’s financial records for questioning in…
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There is a opinion about the Supreme Court being broken.
US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said that the country’s courts should abide by precedent and shouldn’t try to impose personal preferences on a society. This comes after the Supreme Court granted a state an emergency request three times to allow an execution that had been blocked by lower courts. However, Kagan said there’s no…
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Biden administration plans to lift Title 42 next week.
The White House has said that it’s monitoring the potential surge of migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border after the Trump administration’s Title 42 policy on border security ends. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre listed out a series of personnel, processing and infrastructure efforts that have been put into place. Title 42 was set…
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Trump is calling on his supporters to reject the McCarthy opposition for Speakership.
Several US House Republicans have said they will vote for Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House if he’s re-elected to the position. This comes after three Republicans said they’ll vote “no” on McCarthy’s bid for the post. However, when asked if he’ll vote for another leader if the elections go against him,…
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How Harris is talking about abortion rights.
US Vice President Susan Harris has said that the work cannot be anything other than “a matter of urgency to fight for” women’s reproductive rights. “The work cannot be anything other than a matter of urgency to…put protections of Roe v Wade into law to codify it,” she added. “The work cannot be anything but…
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The argument for a different election is based on Biden’s plea for democracy.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday accused former President George W Bush of feeding “the flame” of violence in the US by refusing to accept results of the 2020 presidential election. “The Democratic Party is…mocking any violence that happens,” he added. He further said, “There’s one party that is doubting the outcome of the election…feeding that…
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The appeals court cleared the way for the IRS to turn over Trump tax returns.
A US appeals court has ruled in favour of the Democratic-led House of Representatives and gave it access to six years of former US President Donald Trump’s income tax returns. The three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to block the release of Trump’s tax returns after the full appeals court…
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The US election coverage in the year 2022.
US Representative Liz Cheney, the Vice Chair of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 election, said that the panel wants to avoid President Donald Trump turning his potential testimony into a “circus”. The committee is investigating whether Trump tried to stop certification of the election. The panel will hold another hearing to…
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The final hearing is about to take place on January 6.
The US House Ethics Committee has concluded its investigation into ex-President Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to change the result of the 2020 presidential election. The committee found that Trump and his supporters “posed a clear and present danger to American democracy”. It also said that Trump “schemed” with former Vice President Mike Pence to block…
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A lawsuit is filed by the person challenging the certification of Arizona election.
Former American television personality Kari Lake filed a lawsuit against Arizona’s Secretary of State, Katie Hobbs, alleging that her defeat in the US governorship election was the result of voter fraud. She has alleged that Maricopa County’s election officials interfered with an Election Day printer, leading to her losing votes. Hobbs called the lawsuit “baseless”…
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There is a government shutdown at the end of the week.
A group of Republican Senators wrote to GOP leader Mitch McConnell last week, laying out their strategy and urging him to block a big spending bill and to agree to a short-term funding package to keep the government open for a few days. This comes ahead of a Friday midnight deadline when government funding is…
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George Santo, an incoming Republican congressman is under scrutiny for his resume discrepancies.
New York Congressman-elect George Santos, who has been accused of lying about the death of his employees at a gay nightclub, claimed in an interview with WNYC that his employees died in the 2016 shooting. A Baruch College spokesperson confirmed that it had checked its records for “a George Santos, born on July 22, 1988,…
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George Santos is a Representative-elect and his resume may be largely fiction.
The New York Times reported that George Santos, a Democrat who is set to become the first Jew elected to the US Congress, stole from a man he was caring for when he was a teenager. Police records and court records revealed that Santos used the checkbook to make fraudulent expenditures, including a pair of…
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The committee’s report contained key findings.
A committee of US lawmakers has said that an email from the Secret Service from January 6 when Donald Trump went to the White House was a “direct evidence” that the US President intended to send his supporters to the Capitol on January 6. The email read, “There needs to be…public announcement fast that they…
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The January 6 revelations are the biggest mystery at the moment.
Former US Attorney General Jeff Rosen told a Senate panel that he, President Donald Trump’s attorney general, and others at the Department of Justice “had a hand in defeating President Trump’s efforts to overturn the election”. The panel added that White House staff blocked proposals to mobilise the military to seize voting machines and run…
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Trump filed a lawsuit in order to avoid a subpoena.
US President Donald Trump was advised by one of his advisers in the days before the election that he could reverse the election results in a joint session of the Congress the next day, according to reports. The adviser had advised Trump’s aides that it was important for people not to see Vice President Pence…
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The committee is scheduled to end its work in January with a call for Trump’s accountability.
US House Ways and Means Committee has asked the Department of Justice to investigate former US President Donald Trump’s involvement in the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, 2019. This comes after the committee sought Trump’s tax returns. Trump had earlier said he did not take part in the Capitol riots, adding, “I…
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The world felt like it changed overnight, says the zero- Covid.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a televised address that China will continue to keep its coronavirus policy “dynamic”. “The essence of persisting with dynamic zero- COVID-19 is putting people first and prioritizing life,” an editorial in the People’s Daily, the ruling party’s mouthpiece said. Earlier, China had said that it would end its zero-…
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Hundreds of tourists are stuck in the Picchu.
About 300 tourists from around the world have been stranded in Machu Picchu after Peru declared a state of emergency amid protests over the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. Trains to and from Machu Picchu were halted on Tuesday, according to a statement from PeruRail, Peru’s railway operator in the south and southeast regions of…
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The January 6 committee will no longer try to subpoena phone records as it wraps up its investigation.
The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol riot used new testimony and evidence to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results. The footage shows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top officials…
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How to watch the meeting on Monday.
A US House panel investigating the January 6 attack said that it would refer former US President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for possible charges. The panel voted on Thursday to subpoena Trump to testify before them. The committee is investigating whether US President Donald Trump and his associates tried to interfere with the…