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'This is no gift': McCarthy faces GOP resistance to serving on January 6 panel

As Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy mulls whom to tap for a congressional investigation into the deadly US Capitol riot — and whether...

See Trump Org. executive led into court in handcuffs

Read: Indictment charges against Trump Organization and its CFO

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Phylicia Rashad's support of Bill Cosby highlights division in the Black community

In the case of the 83-year-old actor, it is actually dozens of women — the majority of them White — over several...

Covid-19 pandemic increased number of people at risk of human trafficking, State Department report says

The pandemic also caused governments to divert resources away from anti-trafficking efforts, the State Department found, “resulting in decreased protection measures and...

Supreme Court gives Republican-led states green light to impose restrictive new voting laws

CNN —   The restrictive voting laws that Republican-led states are implementing this year are more likely to withstand legal challenges, experts...

Hillbilly Elegy author enters large, pro-Trump GOP field for Ohio Senate seat

Vance joins a field that already includes Josh Mandel, the former state treasurer; Jane Timken, the former chair of the Ohio Republican...

Analysis: No, NYC's mayoral results mess doesn't support Trump's case that the presidential election was stolen

But there is also no honest pretending that this mistake — accidentally including 135,000 test votes in a preliminary tally of real...

Analysis: Cruelty has long been a central part of US politics and who's defined as American and who isn't

“They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.” That was one of the Trump-supporting insurrectionists who...

Undercover Exxon video reveals an anti-climate campaign

“Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes,” Keith McCoy, the Exxon (XOM) lobbyist, said during a covertly filmed job...