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Feb 23 2021
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Top Security Officials to Testify on Failure to Blunt Capitol Attack
Top officials responsible for the security of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack are scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday about the failure to adequately prepare for and counter a deadly riot on the day lawmakers convened to certify the results of the presidential election.
A joint bipartisan committee of senators will question three security officials who resigned in the
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 23 2021
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Senate set to examine Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, grill former officials on security failures
Two Senate committees are set to meet Tuesday in the first public congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol security failures that allowed a pro-Trump mob to storm the building as lawmakers were certifying the presidential election results in a joint session.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSCAC) and Rules and Administration Committee will convene
Fox News DigitalFeb 23 2021
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Biden to allies: Enduring values stand up in a changed world
As President Biden tries to shape a fresh path for U.S. influence globally, he's leaning in on a message of firm commitment: to the idea that bedrock democratic values still matter, and to working with allies.
“You know me.” It’s been a refrain all across Joe Biden’s half-century in public life. And the consistency of his core policy beliefs was on full show last week, in his first
Christian Science MonitorMay 06 2020
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Developments in the Michael Flynn Case
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
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This week, a federal judge unsealed a new set of documents provided to lawyers for Michael Flynn, who claim the documents show the FBI mishandled Flynn’s case.Flynn, a former Trump national security adviser, Abridge NewsApr 09 2019
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Eric Swalwell, California Democrat, says he's running for president
California Representative Eric Swalwell, one of President Trump's most outspoken critics in Congress, announced he is seeking the presidential nomination in what is shaping up to be the largest Democratic primary field in U.S. history.
The 38-year-old San Francisco area lawmaker announced his presidential campaign during an appearance on "The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert"
CBS News (Online)Jan 23 2017
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The Daily 202: The liberal tea party movement has begun. What will become of it?
The massive marches this weekend will be remembered as the starting point of a massive protest movement against President Trump, but what will become of the sleeping giant that has awakened?
Washington PostJul 01 2020
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Why the Descendants of Confederate Generals Are Happy to See Their Names Go
As the Senate prepares to debate renaming military bases, we called living family members of the generals. Here's what they said.
For one group of Americans, the raging debate over the monuments and military bases honoring the men who fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War is uniquely personal: their descendants.
The dispute, which has become one of the most heated
PoliticoDec 15 2016
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The good, bad and ugly of warmer US-Russia relations
George W. Bush tried it. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried it. Now Donald Trump is vowing to reset relations with Russia.
CNN DigitalJun 07 2020
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Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
Former Vice President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, officially setting the stage for a contentious general election fight with President Trump this November.
The former vice president hit the delegate threshold after most recently winning a series of primaries Tuesday night across the country. The Associated Press projected that Biden had 1,995
The HillOct 07 2017
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For Republican Leaders in Congress, the Headaches Keep Mounting
Republican leaders in Congress are under attack from all sides of their own party, battered by voters from the right and left, spurned by frustrated donors and even threatened by the Trump White House for ineffective leadership and insufficient loyalty.
New York Times (News)