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Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol on Tuesday.

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Former White House aide says Trump knew crowd was armed and told them to march

3:20pm June 28, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Cassidy Hutchinson, the Mark Meadows aide who appeared in videotaped testimony before the Jan. 6 committee last week, was the panel's surprise witness today.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is seen in a video of her interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 23.

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Who is Cassidy Hutchinson, the surprise witness at Tuesday's Jan. 6 panel hearing?

12:51pm June 28, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

NPR has confirmed that Cassidy Hutchinson is expected to be the witness for today's Jan. 6 hearing.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to abortion-rights protesters Friday at a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Michigan shapes up as one of the next abortion battlefronts

10:25am June 28, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR that abortion-rights supporters are fighting on all fronts to keep a 1931 ban from going back into effect.

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Abortion rights demonstrator Elizabeth White leads a chant in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022.

Frustration at Biden and other Democrats grows among abortion-rights supporters

10:25am June 28, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

While abortion-rights supporters have focused their anger at the Supreme Court, but there was plenty aimed at Democrats who they feel let them down.

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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles to defend abortion rights on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked.

Californians can vote to add abortion to the state's constitutional rights

10:23am June 28, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The amendment, which comes three days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case, will go to midterm elections on Nov. 8.

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The House Jan. 6 committee schedules a last-minute hearing for Tuesday

9:41am June 28, 2022

This will be the sixth hearing for the Democratic-led committee, which has spent the last few weeks building a case around former President Donald Trump and his influence on the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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News brief: 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio, Jan. 6 hearing, NATO summit

7:55am June 28, 2022

Dozens of migrants are found dead in a truck in Texas. The House Jan. 6 panel schedules a last-minute hearing. NATO leaders meet in Madrid for what could be the most transformative summit in decades.

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An election denier in Colorado is running for secretary of state

7:40am June 28, 2022

by Bente Birkeland

Tina Peters — a local Republican election clerk who has been indicted on 10 charges of election tampering and misconduct — is running for Colorado's top election job in Tuesday's primary.

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The strange underground economy of tree poaching

6:30am June 28, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book dives deep into the fascinating criminal world of tree theft and efforts to combat it.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention.

There are key primaries in New York, Oklahoma, Colorado, Illinois and Utah today

5:00am June 28, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

New York governor's race and two incumbent vs. incumbent contests are among some key primaries on Tuesday.