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Despite the negotiations, McCarthy still appears unlikely to have won over enough votes to become speaker

Simmering tension in American politics came to a head two years ago, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election. The failed insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, resulted in several deaths and injuries to almost 150 police…

Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to him weeks before Joe Biden assumed the presidency about having the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, rather than voters, choose Wisconsin’s presidential electors

McCarthy tries to woo far-right critics by limiting nonpartisan watchdog while empowering the GOP-led House panel

The new Congress opens with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival

As Republicans took control of the House on Tuesday, they wasted no time in erasing one symbol of the previous era — metal detectors.

WASHINGTON — Republicans are attempting to pass a new House rule to block materials compiled by the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection from immediately going to the National Archives.

The move could signal plans to counter the panel's findings.

The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down