Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Who is Liz Cheney, the Republican who broke with her party to lead the Jan. 6 probe?

5:13pm June 11, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection held its first public hearing Thursday. Republican Liz Cheney broke with virtually all of her GOP colleagues to help lead the probe.

March for Our Lives demonstrators at a rally in Los Angeles in 2018. The activist group can typically be spotted donning blue and white colors. Meanwhile, the March for Life movement is often seen with red and white colors.

March for Our Lives? March for Life? How to know the difference between the groups

11:53am June 11, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Both groups can be seen in the spotlight as abortion and gun violence take hold of the national conversation. Though similar in name, each stands behind different political issues.

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Biden to be briefed on wildfires in New Mexico

9:43am June 11, 2022

by Alice Fordham

President Biden visits New Mexico today to get a briefing on wildfires. The governor and many locals are upset that the largest was started by prescribed burns the U.S. Forest Service let escape.

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March For Our Lives rallies across the U.S. call for gun control

9:10am June 11, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

'March for Our Lives' rallies happen in Washington and other cities this weekend, focusing on the people and the communities affected by gun violence, and calling for political action.

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Major broadcasters aired the Jan. 6 committee hearings live. Fox News did not

9:09am June 11, 2022

by David Folkenflik

We look at how Fox News covered the first of the Jan. 6 committee hearings, which it did not air live. The network chose to air it on its business channel, the Fox Business Network, instead.

Firefighters battle flames as the Dixie Fire pushes through the Genesee Valley in California in August 2021. The fire was California's largest single wildfire in recorded history, burning nearly 1 million acres.

Federal firefighters are waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

9:07am June 11, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

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Jan. 6 committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson discusses upcoming hearings

9:06am June 11, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with Rep. Bennie Thompson about the Jan. 6 hearings. The Mississippi Democrat chairs the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Biden aimed to band with South America but some countries were left out of the summit

8:24am June 11, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden wanted to reset the U.S. relationship with its closest neighbors at a splashy meeting in Los Angeles. But there was one bump after another at the Summit of the Americas.

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Week in politics: Jan. 6 committee lays out a clear case against Trump

8:06am June 11, 2022

by Ron Elving

The committee investigating the January 6th attack debuts in prime time with damning testimony; the House passes gun legislation; a threat against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first big public hearing about its investigation on Thursday.

Here's every word of the first Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

6:57pm June 10, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 9 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th Capitol attack.