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Hours before its dissolution at noon Tuesday with the ending of the Congress of the last two years and the commencement of the new session, the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol released the last remaining documents from its crucial probe.

District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the line in more ways than one. Sometimes that line can be convoluted and complicated and sometimes it is pretty straightforward.

The Republicans may not have a speaker, but they appear to have made one change in the House

Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to him weeks before Joe Biden assumed the presidency about having the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, rather than voters, choose Wisconsin’s presidential electors

McCarthy tries to woo far-right critics by limiting nonpartisan watchdog while empowering the GOP-led House panel

The new Congress opens with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival

As Republicans took control of the House on Tuesday, they wasted no time in erasing one symbol of the previous era — metal detectors.

WASHINGTON — Republicans are attempting to pass a new House rule to block materials compiled by the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection from immediately going to the National Archives.

The move could signal plans to counter the panel's findings.

The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down

Select committee leaders fear the incoming Republican majority could jeopardise the safety of national security personnel who work at the White House