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Email WASHINGTON – A Republican congressman’s Jan. 6 speech ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol is not covered by protections for members of Congress and federal employees, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday – drawing a legal line over attempts to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., had argued that he is effectively immune from a lawsuit filed by his colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., that accused Brooks, then-President Do...

Share this - copied Devlin Barrett, national security reporter for the Washington Post, talks about new reporting that Donald Trump called acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen almost daily after his 2020 election loss to pressure him about stolen election theories, and the likelihood that notes taken of some of the calls will be turned over to Congress. July 29, 2021 ReadMore

And so, thats -- we wanted to -- to put a spotlight on what was going on.th and, you know, i tip my hat to, you know, these local elections officials. adrian fontes, who you showed there, you know, who talked, each of them, talked about threats thatbo theyd had again them, against them and their families and their loved ones. that shouldnt be the case.li and these individuals -- um -- you know, really are that better off of democracy that we have back home.in thousands and thousands of them, acr...

Fiscales tienen prohibido obtener datos personales de periodistas en EU La nueva política tiene como objetivo resolver un asunto políticamente complicado - Foto: AP Esta política codifica en gran medida el compromiso que Garland hizo en junio, cuando dijo que el Departamento de Justicia abandonaría la práctica de confiscar la información de los periodistas en investigaciones sobre filtraciones Por Sin Embargo 20.07.2021 / El Secretario de Justicia de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, pr...

Image from: Twitter, back in the day... Critics of Donald Trump reacted with derision and disdain Wednesday after the former president announced a lawsuit against three tech firms and their CEOs that banned him for violating company policies against false and hateful posts. The Associated Pressreports Trump announced his class-action suit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google-owned YouTube, as well as respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai, in Bedminster, New Jersey W...

Article content The attack by assailants that Haitian authorities described as “commandos” comes amid months of escalating political instability and gang violence that have critically eroded the rule of law in the Caribbean nation of 11 million. Moïse, 53, dissolved parliament in January 2020 and ruled by decree as opponents and protesters demanded that he step down. Armed gangs with unclear allegiances have seized control of growing portions of the country, terrorizing the population with...

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Jacky Rosen is part of the last few Democratic senators who still believe in reaching across the aisle — a dying belief in polarized Washington.

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.26.21 Heres your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State. There may be no more competitive race for Congress anywhere next year than the one for Florida’s 10th Congressional District, where three vibrant criminal justice reform crusaders want to replace Rep. Val Demings. Natalie Jackson, who both announced their candidacies Tuesday, and former State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who’s an...