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Then-Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, flanked by House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, right, and Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, criticizes Democrats' impeachment of then-President Donald Trump in December 2019. Now she is trying to

With the midterms in their sights, defending Trump isn't a Republican priority

10:37am July 20, 2022

by Tamara Keith

"The RNC and Republicans on Capitol Hill know they are poised for a great election year and what's the biggest thing that could be a hurdle to that? Donald Trump," says one longtime GOP consultant.

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Rudy Giuliani's videotaped testimony appears on a video screen above members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol during its seventh hearing on July 12, 2022.

14 key moments from the Jan. 6 committee hearings — so far

3:31pm July 19, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Here are some of the standout moments made so far in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, as the committee laid out its case that former President Trump is responsible for the insurrection.

Attorney Roy Cohn, left, confers with red-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisc., during Senate hearings in 1954.

Through all Trump's legal wars and woes, one lawyer's influence still holds sway

11:07am July 17, 2022

by Ron Elving

Roy Cohn always told clients to fight all charges, countersue when sued and never concede. Trump has followed his formula for half a century, and it has come to matter a great deal to the nation.

Ivana Trump poses at a fashion show in 2007.

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Ivana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump, is dead at 73

10:45pm July 14, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 73, the Trump family confirmed in a statement.

A video of Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel, is shown on a screen during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

The meeting that changed history and 3 other takeaways from the latest Jan. 6 hearing

11:16am July 13, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

From left, Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges, Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and former Washington Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone, who all defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, listen during the seventh

Jan. 6 panel shows evidence of coordination between far-right groups and Trump allies

8:06pm July 12, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The committee showed video clips and text messages to demonstrate how far-right groups were emboldened by Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.

In August, President Biden met with Israel's then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. This will be Biden's first trip to Israel as president, but he has been there many times during his political career.

Biden is building on the Abraham Accords, part of Trump's legacy in the Middle East

5:00am July 09, 2022

by Asma Khalid

Joe Biden has jettisoned most of his predecessor's foreign policy. But not the Abraham Accords. Those agreements between Israel and its neighbors are in the spotlight as Biden heads to the Mideast.

Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after the 2020 election.

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Lindsey Graham will fight Georgia 2020 election subpoena, his lawyers say

11:01pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Graham's attorneys slammed the investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions in Georgia after the 2020 election as being coordinated with the Jan. 6 committee.

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, becomes emotional while testifying about how being singled out in false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump has ruined her life.

The Jan. 6 panel announces its next hearing. Here's what we know from them so far

6:22pm July 05, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The next hearing will be July 12 at 10 a.m. ET, according to a notice posted by the committee. It will focus on the rioters and mob who stormed the Capitol.

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, left, is seen with Keith Kellog, center, national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, watching Marine One carrying President Donald Trump leave the White House ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump's former White House counsel

8:22pm June 29, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

Testimony in the Jan. 6 hearings so far has shown Cipollone present at key points in the leadup to Jan. 6 and on the day of the attack. He figured heavily in Tuesday's testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson.