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Former Trump aide Mark Meadows avoids contempt of Congress charges

WASHINGTON — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows won’t be indicted for defying subpoenas by the special congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a major blow to the panel as it seeks cooperation of associates of former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

US charges former Trump aide for defying Congress in Jan 6 probe

Peter Navarro faces two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with panel investigating Capitol riot.

Al Jazeera

Capitol Police officer charged in 2020 Georgetown hit-and-run on motorcyclist - Roll Call

Thomas Smith, a Capitol Police officer, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a 2020 hit-and-run in Georgetown.

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US Justice Department could be zeroing in on Trump lawyers, experts say

Subpoenas for information on Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman’s roles in the fake electors scheme were issued in April

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 committee sets prime-time hearing date for findings

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will go public with its findings in a hearing next week, launching into what lawmakers hope will be one the most consequential oversight efforts in American history

The Independent UK

What 5 previous congressional investigations can teach us about the House Jan. 6 committee hearings

Six public hearings to be held in June by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection will attempt to answer the question of whether former President Donald Trump and his political allies broke the law in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.

The Conversation

Blue Dog goes down after blocking Biden

Kurt Schrader is the first congressional incumbent to lose an Oregon primary since 1980

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Feds charge 2 more Illinois women with joining U.S. Capitol riot

The case against Trudy Castle and Kimberly DiFrancesco bring the number of known Illinois residents charged in the breach to 30. The feds say they became aware of the pair after someone shared photos that had been texted to their spouse by DiFrancesco.

Chicago Sun-Times

California US House races could help tilt power in Congress

California is a heavily Democratic state, but the Republican Party retains pockets of strength in U.S. House districts that will be among the country’s marquee elections in the fight to control Congress

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Jan 6 legal memo reveals details of plan to overturn election

House committee member calls Trump ‘guilty as sin’ and a ‘one-man crime wave’

The Independent UK

Peter Navarro subpoena suggests DoJ may be investigating Trump

Justice department seeks former aide’s communications with ex-president and his attorneys

The Guardian - US

Navarro hit with DOJ Jan. 6 subpoena

Legal analyst says latest move "signals a significant expansion of the Justice Department investigation"

Salon

First Thing: Biden visits Uvalde after mass shooting

President and first lady seek to comfort community as DoJ launches investigation into the police’s response. Plus, how the side hustle ate the hobby

The Guardian - UK

Jan 6 committee condemns Kevin McCarthy’s subpoena refusal as an ‘assault on the rule of law’

House GOP leader and other Republican members have refused to give evidence to panel, raising possibility of legal clash

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McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making clear that he will defy a subpoena he received from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Trump mused about hanging Pence. Voters mustn't let GOP candidates ignore that

Reports that then-President Donald Trump reacted favorably as the Capitol mob chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6, 2021, is a fresh reminder that Trump is, at his core, an aspiring anti-democracy strongman — one who still has a realistic prospect of winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. For years…

Axios

Capitol Hill's smallest committee takes center stage

The House Administration Committee at the center of some of the biggest policy fights in Congress

Roll Call

It’s ‘back to the forest’ for Rep. Peter DeFazio - Roll Call

“I have one of the longest commutes in the lower 48,” says the retiring chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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Texas GOP eased gun laws after massacres

"We're supposed to keep children safe. And here we’ve done exactly the opposite," said state Sen. Roland Gutierrez

Irish Mirror

Texas school massacre continues grim run of mass shootings in US state

More than 85 people have been killed in mass shootings in Texas in the last five years

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: A code of ethics could help the Supreme Court maintain integrity

In his recent alarm over a widely reported decline in public confidence in the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas chose a worthy target, but his diagnosis missed a major symptom: his own family ties.

The Independent UK

School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two adults in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings

The Independent UK

Man accused of assaulting police, AP photographer on Jan. 6

A Maryland man has been accused of throwing a flagpole and a smoke grenade at police and assaulting an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

‘You’re not answering the question’: Kellyanne Conway clashes with The View over Trump loyalty

Ms Conway was booed by the audience watching the argument

The Guardian - US

Rudy Giuliani stonewalls Capitol attack investigators during lengthy deposition

Trump lawyer testified to panel Friday but declined to discuss involvement of Republicans in bid to overturn election

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