Texas GOP platform embraces far-right and anti-gay rhetoric
Texas Republicans recently adopted homophobic and transphobic language in their party platform, part of a larger trend of moves against LGBTQ rights by conservatives.
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News brief: Senate gun vote, reaction to Supreme Court gun ruling, Jan. 6 hearing
The Senate passes a gun control bill and sends it to the House. The Supreme Court strikes down New York's law restricting concealed carrying of guns. A recap of Thursday's House Jan. 6 hearing.
A federal law requires translated voting ballots, but not in Arabic or Haitian Creole
The Voting Rights Act requires some states and local areas to offer election materials in more than just English. But the support for voters is limited to Spanish, Asian and Native American languages.
Senate passes gun control bill and sends it to the House
The first major gun legislation in nearly three decades would incentivize states to pass red flag laws and expand background checks for 18- to 21-year-olds, among other measures.
'Just say it was corrupt' and 3 other takeaways from Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing
Former Justice Department officials described the relentless pressure Trump put on them to find evidence of voter fraud when it didn't exist and a tense showdown in the Oval Office.
Former DOJ officials detail threatening to resign en masse in meeting with Trump
Witnesses in today's hearing revealed details of a dramatic Oval Office meeting on Jan. 3, 2021.
Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation
Read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Republican lawmakers asked the White House for pardons before and after Jan. 6
Various Republican House members requested pardons from President Donald Trump in the final days of his administration, according to testimony presented before the Jan. 6 committee.
A breakdown of how the Jan. 6 panel has made its hearings so easy to follow
The panel investigating Jan. 6 has been accused of engaging in show biz with its TV storytelling techniques. Instead, those tricks of the trade are making the hearings tangible and easy to follow.
DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims
About a week before the Jan. 6 attack, there was an "escalation" of then-President Donald Trump's demands about election fraud allegations, a former acting deputy attorney general testified.