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Biden begs Congress to pass $52 billion semiconductor bill

President Biden on Monday pleaded with Congress to pass a $52 billion payout to semiconductor manufacturers as lawmakers face a make-or-break week to get the bill across the finish line.

July 25, 2022

Neo-Nazi flag-wavers show up outside of Turning Point USA convention

A group waved a flag emblazoned with a swatiska and signs bearing antisemitic messages over the weekend outside a conservative convention in Florida attended by former President Donald Trump and several Republican lawmakers.

July 25, 2022

Kinzinger offers Bannon conviction as warning against ignoring congressional subpoenas

Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday applauded the conviction of former Trump aide Steve Bannon for ignoring a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, a panel of which the Illinois Republican is a member.

July 24, 2022

Bannon found guilty of criminal contempt of Congress

Stephen K. Bannon was found guilty on Friday of criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee, marking a significant victory for the panel as it ramps up its probe of the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

July 22, 2022

Bannon says political bias at root of criminal contempt charges in closing arguments

Stephen K. Bannon's defense team dug in on what it says is clear political bias motivating the government's criminal contempt of Congress case against the former Trump adviser in its closing arguments Friday.

July 22, 2022

Bannon’s lawyers call foul on House Jan. 6 committee’s TV hearing before closing arguments

The defense team in Stephen K. Bannon's contempt of Congress trial on Friday said his chance for a fair trial could have been damaged by the House Jan. 6 Committee's prime-time TV hearing.

July 22, 2022

Chatter between Oath Keepers on Jan. 6 reveals militant group took Trump’s tweets at face value

Walkie-talkie communications disclosed Thursday between members of the Oath Keepers who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 show that some members of the militia group took President Trump's tweet urging supporters to "support our Capitol Police" to mean that members of Congress were fair game for attack.

July 21, 2022

Trump ignored aides’ pleas to call off Jan. 6 rioters for hours, witnesses testify

Several senior White House aides begged President Donald Trump to call off his mob of supporters immediately after they breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told the House Committee investigating the riot.

July 21, 2022

Jan. 6 committee announces more hearings to come in September

The Jan. 6 committee said Thursday night it will hold more hearings in September, taking the divisive investigation into the 2021 pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol deeper into the midterm election season.

July 21, 2022

Bannon doesn’t testify as defense rests in contempt of Congress trial

Steve Bannon's defense team rested its case on Thursday without calling the former Trump adviser to the witness stand to testify in his criminal contempt of Congress trial.

July 21, 2022

Bannon not likely to take stand in contempt of Congress trial

Former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon is not expected to take the stand in his criminal contempt of Congress case.

July 21, 2022

Prosecution rests case in Steve Bannon criminal contempt trial

The prosecution in Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress trial rested its case against the former Trump adviser after two days of testimony.

July 20, 2022

Key government witness against Bannon joined Democratic book club with prosecutor

The prosecution's witness in the criminal contempt of Congress case against former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon was in a book club with a member of the prosecution team.

July 20, 2022

Judge in Bannon’s case vows to keep trial from becoming ‘political circus’

The federal judge overseeing Stephen K. Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case warned that he would not allow the trial to devolve into a "political circus" as the trial against the former Trump adviser entered its third day on Wednesday.

July 20, 2022

‘Gutless’: Steve Bannon rips Bennie Thomson for not showing up for contempt trial

Stephen K. Bannon ripped House Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson as "gutless" for sending a staff member to testify as the prosecution's first witness in the former Trump adviser's trial on charges of criminal contempt of Congress.

July 19, 2022

Steve Bannon’s defense team withdraws request for delay in his contempt trial

Former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon's legal team on Tuesday waived its request that the judge delay his criminal contempt of Congress trial following a dispute over the admissibility of key pieces of evidence.

July 19, 2022

Bannon contempt trial opens with many prospective jurors influenced by House Jan. 6 committee

The House Jan. 6 committee's highly publicized hearings have colored jury selection for former Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon's contempt of Congress trial that opened Monday with his lawyers wading through a sea of jury candidates tainted by news media coverage of the panel's probe.

July 18, 2022

Biden comes up empty-handed in Saudi Arabia, but marshals region against Iran

President Biden's ended an arduous four-day visit to the Middle East over the weekend without a major success to appease his liberal base, which has criticized him for pandering to oil-rich autocrats and walking back a campaign pledge to make a pariah of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

July 17, 2022

House Jan. 6 panel expects subpoenaed Secret Service texts soon, member says

The House Jan. 6 committee expects to soon receive sought-after Secret Service text messages from before and during the Capitol riot that the agency tried to delete, according to committee members.

July 17, 2022

House Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for missing texts

The House Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed the Secret Service following the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's revelation that the agency deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021.

July 16, 2022