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Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection testifies before the House Rules Committee in December.

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

8:09pm January 23, 2022

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed Sunday that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

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West Virginia's plan to fight 2022 misinformation

5:19pm January 23, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mac Warner, West Virginia's secretary of state, about a bipartisan campaign by state election officials to fight misinformation ahead of the 2022 vote.

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In August, President Biden attended a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base after 13 members of the U.S. military were killed in an attack during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Biden's predecessors could have felt his first-year pain

11:05am January 23, 2022

by Ron Elving

Yet these early reversals haven't always been crippling. On the contrary, three of the past four presidents elected — and five of the past eight — have recovered from shaky starts to win re-election.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's suit against The New York Times is expected to put a spotlight on the balance of free speech and defamation claims.

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Sarah Palin's defamation suit against 'The New York Times' gets its day in court

8:51am January 23, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Jury selection begins Monday in the former Alaska governor's case. A 2017 Times editorial wrongly connected an ad from her political action committee to the shooting that wounded Rep. Gabby Giffords.

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Politics chat: Facing blockers in Congress, Biden goes directly to the people

7:59am January 23, 2022

by Tamara Keith

We look at President Biden's pivot the past week, from focusing on legislation and negotiating with Congress to focusing on communicating directly with American voters.

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Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was censured for siding with Senate Republicans to protect the filibuster, effectively dooming the passage of major voting rights legislation.

Arizona Democrats have censured Kyrsten Sinema over her pro-filibuster vote

4:57pm January 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The symbolic action comes as Sinema has come under criticism from progressive groups in Arizona after she voted to uphold the filibuster in the Senate.

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the armed forces, train in a city park in Kyiv. Tensions remain high between Ukraine and Russia as the United States and its NATO allies have tried to intervene diplomatically.

90 tons of U.S. military aid arrives in Ukraine as border tensions with Russia rise

1:30pm January 22, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The aid, which includes ammunition, is part of a $200 million package that President Biden approved in December and is meant for Ukraine's front-line defenders should Russia choose to invade.

President Biden answers questions during a White House news conference on Wednesday.

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For all of Biden's successes or failures, it's really about 'COVID, stupid'

11:55am January 22, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

No matter all the other problems and mistakes — and accomplishments — that were detailed and worked over in his exhaustive press conference, as goes COVID, likely so goes the Biden presidency.

Biden champions Intel's plan for new semiconductor plants to help supply chain issues

9:33am January 22, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

With his other legislative priorities stalled, President Biden is turning to a bill that would provide incentives for semiconductor plants, like the one Intel announced for Ohio on Friday.

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Week in politics: Biden hits 1-year anniversary in office

8:02am January 22, 2022

by Ron Elving

Did President Joe Biden promise too much when he began his term a year ago? And what role did fellow Democrats, and the media, play in the current sense of disappointment?

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