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Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP was on full display this week as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to make amends with the mercurial former president after a leaked audio revealed he considered urging Trump to resign after last year’s Capitol insurrection.

A former staffer testified that White House counsel said the scheme involving fake electoral college votes was not legally sound

WASHINGTON — Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday became the first Republican lawmaker to testify under oath about her actions leading up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, but she avoided directly answering many questions that might shed light on her role in…

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took the witness stand Friday to push back against a legal challenge filed by a group of her constituents who want her banned from seeking office over her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday became the first Republican lawmaker to testify under oath about her actions leading up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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President Donald Trump granted a sweeping pardon on Jan. 20, 2025, to nearly everyone "convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." He also ordered the attorney general to seek dismissal of all pending indictments.

Cody Vollan, Anthony Carollo and Jeremiah Carollo are among 27 known Illinoisans charged for their roles in the breach, which has led to what has been described as likely the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history.

Former president Donald Trump’s eldest son will soon meet with congressional investigators looking into the causes of the worst attack on the US Capitol since 1814, according to a new report.