Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Capitol

George Skelton: A Republican has a shot at becoming California state controller. Yes, you read that right

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — You won't read this very often: A Republican is favored to win a California statewide election.

Los Angeles Times

Osama Bin Laden’s niece defends ‘ultra MAGA movement’ on Steve Bannon’s podcast

The niece of the 9/11 mastermind also went on to call the 2020 election ‘stolen’

The Independent UK

Photos of the week ending May 20, 2022 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: A lunar eclipse, ducklings, UFOs and foreign leaders showed up on Capitol Hill this week.

Roll Call

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Bill Barr in talks to cooperate with Capitol riot committee, according to reports

In recent memoir, former attorney general condemns ‘absurd lengths’ to which Trump took his baseless ‘stolen election’ claims

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel wants to ask Rep. Barry Loudermilk about tour it claims he led the day before Capitol riot

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection asked Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday to voluntarily cooperate with the inquiry about a tour it says the Georgia Republican led in the Capitol complex the day before the attack.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel wants to ask Rep. Barry Loudermilk about tour he led the day before Capitol riot

Tribune News Service

Congress members led ‘reconnaissance tours’ of Capitol before attack, evidence suggests

The revelation resurrects a line of inquiry into the involvement of House Republicans in the insurrection

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 23 (May 19, 2022)

In this issue: Takeaways from five states’ primaries and former V.P. Pence to campaign for Kemp

Ballotpedia

Jan. 6 panel wants to ask Rep. Barry Loudermilk about tour it claims he led one day before Capitol riot - Roll Call

The Jan. 6 committee wants to question Rep. Barry Loudermilk about a tour he allegedly conducted in the Capitol on Jan. 5.

Roll Call

Mastriano wins the Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania

Doug Mastriano defeated Lou Barletta, Bill McSwain, Dave White, and five other candidates to win the May 17, 2022, Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Tom Wolf (D) was term-limited.

Ballotpedia

Trump news – live: 11 GOP senators vote against Ukraine aid as Cruz faces lawsuit over 2020 election

Follow The Independent for updates

The Independent UK

How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action

Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen

The Independent UK

January 6 congressional committee doesn’t plan to call Trump and ‘unlikely’ to call Pence

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol doesn’t plan to call former President Donald Trump and is “unlikely” to call former Vice President Mike Pence, either.

Tribune News Service

Chicago Heights man gets more than three years in prison for threatening Biden’s inauguration

U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman called Louis Capriotti’s threats “vicious, laced with profanity, disgusting in every way.” And he called Capriotti’s false claim of being a Marine “particularly despicable.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

House panel not planning to seek Trump’s testimony on Capitol attack

After months of uncertainty, chairman says it is ‘not our expectation’ that investigators will summon former president

The Guardian - US

Liz Cheney says Republican leadership has ‘enabled white supremacy’

Her scathing tweet may have targeted Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who has complained of immigrants replacing white voters

Salon

Buffalo: Yes, Tucker is to blame

Fox News and GOP leaders understood the "great replacement" conspiracy theory was dangerous — and pushed it anyway

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘This place was ugly at times’: Missouri lawmakers close book on contentious session

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers ended a contentious legislative session Friday having spent much of their five months in the Capitol fighting over the boundaries for the state’s new congressional maps.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Missouri Senate primary highlights rise of violent rhetoric on the right

In an era of polarization, candidates posing with guns and using extreme language about opponents threatens more violence

Roll Call

House GOP leader McCarthy, four other Republicans subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel - Roll Call

The panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued subpoenas for GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans.

Salon

Right-wing youth culture finds God

Nick Fuentes' racist "groyper" movement is building a coalition with far-right Catholics. They have a plan

The Guardian - US

‘I’d like to file lawsuits in all 50 states’: Mike Lindell still pushing Trump’s lie

The MyPillow chief and Trump ally has become a popular figure on the right, spending lavishly on lawsuits to ban voting machines and endorsing candidates

The Guardian - US

Lindsey Graham said Joe Biden is ‘best person’ to lead US, tapes reveal

Republican senator and Trump loyalist made comments in wake of January 6 US Capitol attack to authors of new book

The Independent UK

Running Twitter may be much harder than Elon Musk thinks

On Tuesday, Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Donald Trump, who was booted in January 2021 for inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol, should he succeed in acquiring the social platform for $44 billion

Los Angeles Times

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump

Elon Musk said he would allow former President Donald Trump to return to Twitter if the Tesla chief executive takes ownership of the company, reversing the former president’s January 2021 suspension over his incendiary tweets surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

1 … 50 51 52 53

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.