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Column: What made Tuesday’s surprise Jan. 6 hearing the most devastating yet

Cassidy Hutchinson, a 25-year-old former aide in Donald Trump’s White House, became the unlikely hero of the Jan. 6 committee hearings when she fearlessly dropped bombshell after bombshell during live and taped testimony Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

The top House security official has his sights on a safer Capitol. It’s a big task

WASHINGTON — Suspects did not want to be caught in the crosshairs of William J. Walker.

Tribune News Service

January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril

Former president and senior aides face exposure over knowledge that supporters were armed and intended to march on Capitol

The Guardian - US

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Melania Trump: Bombshell revelations about what she did during US Capitol riot

Melania Trump's chief of staff Stephanie Grisham has posted a text from the first lady in which she refused to quell the US Capitol riots on January 6.

The New Daily

History's lens: Why Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony mattered

The 25-year-old delivered a flood of new information about one of the most reported-on events in U.S. history.

Axios

Trump's legal exposure may be growing – and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath about a volatile and angry president who was prone to throwing dishes, knew that supporters were armed and didn't want the riot to stop.

WEKU

Trump tried to grab steering wheel to join Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, testifies witness

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine on January 6, 2021, when his security detail declined to take him to the U.S. Capitol where his supporters were rioting, a former aide testified on Tuesday.

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Ex-White House aide delivers explosive public testimony to January 6 panel

Cassidy Hutchinson tells committee Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the Capitol

The Guardian - US

Top Trump White House aide to testify before Jan. 6 committee

Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows' former aide, is the most dangerous witness for Trump yet.

Axios

Better not laugh at "King Trump"

Donald Trump longs to have the life-or-death power of a feudal monarch — if that's ludicrous, it's also terrifying

Salon

The top House security official has his sights on a safer Capitol. It’s a big task

“Security is a journey. There’s no destination,” said Walker J. Walker, who took over as House sergeant-at-arms after the Jan. 6 attack.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 panel to hold surprise hearing, present new evidence

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is holding a surprise hearing on Tuesday with an unidentified witness

The Independent UK

January 6 committee focuses on phone calls among Trump’s children and aides

Footage captured by documentary film-maker understood to show ex-president’s children privately discussing election strategies

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 panel calls surprise Tue. hearing

The panel said last week it would delay upcoming hearings after receiving a "deluge of new evidence"

Salon

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AOC goes on anti-GOP Twitter tirade

Ocasio-Cortez called out "heinous" lawmakers who sought a presidential pardon for helping incite the Capitol riot

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: supreme court abortion ruling sure to inflame America’s divisions

Only 25% of Americans now have confidence in the institution. Plus, shipwreck of US destroyer ‘Sammy B’ discovered

The Independent UK

What to watch in primaries in Colorado, Illinois, elsewhere

Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week’s stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion

The Texas Tribune

How John Cornyn and the U.S. Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence

Four senators, including Cornyn, used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise.

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The Guardian - US

January 6 hearings: if Republicans did nothing wrong, why were pardons sought?

Email from Alabama’s Mo Brooks potentially reveals what conduct by lawmakers he feared might be criminal

Daily Mirror

Pro-choice activists tear gassed as they breach Capitol building in abortion protest

Lawmakers in Arizona, one of eight states where abortion clinics stopped performing procedures after the court's decision, say they were effectively being held hostage inside

The Independent UK

Roe protest disrupts last hours of 2022 Arizona Legislature

Police fired tear gas to disperse anti-abortion demonstrators from outside the Arizona Capitol Friday night, forcing lawmakers to huddle briefly in a basement inside the building as they rushed to complete their 2022 session

WEKU

The Jan. 6 committee has learned some lessons from previous televised hearings

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

‘Medium level of paranoia’: security concerns still loom on Capitol Hill

Threats to politicians, a strained police force and rising tourist numbers leave many concerned about their safety

The Independent UK

House Democrats called ‘f***ing useless’ for singing ‘God Bless America’ by Capitol after Roe ruling

‘Leave it to Democratic leadership to bring a sing-along to a gunfight where Republicans are using Bazookas and Jet fuel to torch our rights’ wrote one critic on Twitter

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