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Republicans issue subpoenas to former school board officials

Mar. 06, 2023 18:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued another series of subpoenas Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into what they contend is the mistreatment of parents who protested “woke” school board policies. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,...

Complaint: Kansas agency probing GOP broke open meetings law

Mar. 02, 2023 17:36 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two defense attorneys who've questioned the fairness of a yearlong investigation in Kansas into Republican campaign activities accused the state ethics commission Thursday of violating Kansas' open meetings law. The two attorneys represent people investigated by...

Sanders schedules vote to force Starbucks CEO to testify

Mar. 01, 2023 12:21 PM EST

Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about an ongoing unionization effort at the company. Sanders, a Vermont Independent and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

Amid probe, Kansas lawmakers move to overhaul ethics agency

Feb. 22, 2023 12:53 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' ethics commission has been investigating Republican campaign activities for at least a year, and the GOP-controlled Legislature is moving to reduce the agency's power and legalize practices apparently under scrutiny. Republicans backing a bill to...

DOJ search of Pence's office turns up no new classified docs

Feb. 17, 2023 17:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department searched the office of former Vice President Mike Pence 's Washington advocacy group for several hours Friday as part of its investigation into the discovery of sensitive documents at the homes and offices of current and former top U.S. officials. ...

GOP subpoenas tech CEOs as part of probe into censorship

Feb. 15, 2023 21:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Subpoenas were sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies on Wednesday as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the...

Pence says he will fight subpoena as far as Supreme Court

Feb. 15, 2023 19:23 PM EST

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he will challenge a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing Trump investigations to compel his testimony before a grand jury — pursuing it to the Supreme Court if necessary. Special counsel Jack...

Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on 2020 election

Feb. 14, 2023 11:40 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is planning to fight a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to people familiar with his thinking. ...

Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege

Feb. 11, 2023 00:29 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in an ongoing Justice Department special counsel investigation. But it doesn't guarantee he's going to be testifying before a grand jury anytime soon. Pence is the latest official in former...

Safety investigators subpoena pilots over close call at JFK

Feb. 10, 2023 18:55 PM EST

Federal investigators said Friday they issued subpoenas to force the pilots of an American Airlines jet to sit for recorded interviews about a close call with a Delta plane on a runway at New York's Kennedy Airport last month. The National Transportation Safety Board said it...