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News brief: Senate gun vote, reaction to Supreme Court gun ruling, Jan. 6 hearing

6:08am June 24, 2022

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.

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Volunteers take part in a 2004 voter outreach event in Dearborn, Mich., organized by the Arab American Institute. While there is no federal requirement for Arabic-language ballots, the city of Dearborn recently started requiring election materials to be t

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A federal law requires translated voting ballots, but not in Arabic or Haitian Creole

5:00am June 24, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

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 Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, the lead Republican negotiator, talks to reporters after giving a speech in support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Senate passes gun control bill and sends it to the House

11:05pm June 23, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

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.

From left, Steven Engel, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, and Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney General, testify before the House Select Committee to Investigat

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'Just say it was corrupt' and 3 other takeaways from Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing

9:42pm June 23, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

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.

An illlustration of a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House appears onscreen during a hearing by the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack in Washington on Thursday.

Former DOJ officials detail threatening to resign en masse in meeting with Trump

8:06pm June 23, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Witnesses in today's hearing revealed details of a dramatic Oval Office meeting on Jan. 3, 2021.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (C) presides over the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol on Thursday.

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Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

7:31pm June 23, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

A video displays a discussion about presidential pardons on Thursday during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Republican lawmakers asked the White House for pardons before and after Jan. 6

6:37pm June 23, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

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

5:25pm June 23, 2022

by David Folkenflik

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.

Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, testifies Thursday before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.

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DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims

5:09pm June 23, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

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.

The Senate might have set up passage for significant gun legislation

5:07pm June 23, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

The Senate cleared a key threshold Thursday, setting up passage of the first significant gun legislation in decades.