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Justice Department blasts GOP effort to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden audio
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday blasted Republicans' effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. ...
Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. In a letter Monday —...
Donald Trump endorses Ohio congressional candidate Derek Merrin just hours before polls open
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued a last-minute endorsement in a highly sought northwest Ohio congressional district Monday, backing state Rep. Derek Merrin over a rival Republican whom Trump's closest ally in the state has described as "a rock-solid conservative.” ...
House Republicans demand answers on 'gag order' for union of immigration judges
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday demanded answers on what led to a Justice Department order that a union of immigration judges get supervisor approval before speaking publicly about the heavily backlogged courts. Rep., Jim Jordan, Judiciary Committee chair, and Rep....
Ohio's Republican primaries for US House promise crowded ballots and a heated toss-up
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A slew of Republican candidates on Ohio’s primary ballot are running in solidly red congressional seats, but next week’s elections still promise plenty of drama — especially as the GOP seeks a champion to flip the district of Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the...
Who is Robert Hur? A look at the special counsel due to testify on Biden classified documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned the president's age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Robert Hur is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday as House...
House Republicans send new Justice Department subpoenas in impeachment inquiry, drawing pushback
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related to the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in the President Joe Biden impeachment inquiry. The...
High-stakes GOP congressional primary in Ohio takes voters, Republicans on a roller coaster ride
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The roller coasters at nearby Cedar Point have nothing on the area's Republican congressional primary. When Republican J.R. Majewski announced his “(almost) resignation” from the high-stakes northwest Ohio contest this week, it was just the latest turn in...
Hunter Biden in defiant deposition blasts GOP, insists he did not involve his father in business
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was defiant Wednesday in a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill, blasting a Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and the family's business affairs as a “house of cards” built on “lies” as he faced a battery of probing questions from lawmakers. ...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 22 The Washington Post on the Biden impeachment inquiry Until this month, House Republicans referred to information provided by a “highly credible” FBI informant as the core of...
