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Incumbency certainly comes with advantages, but the political volatility of 2022 poses serious risks for those seeking to keep their perches on Capitol Hill, including some facing primaries Tuesday.  A scandal-plagued newcomer to Congress, Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, will find out whether North Carolina voters will give him another chance.…

It was once a thriving music venue

The decision by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 US Capitol insurrection to slap House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers with subpoenas threatens to plunge Congress into deeper division.

Chair Bennie Thompson says panel has been ‘forced to take this step’ as Kevin McCarthy complains investigation ‘not legitimate’

‘We urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty, and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done,’ says committee chairman

A former Kansas State student who left the university and became the “right-hand guy” for the head of a white nationalist organization has stepped down as the treasurer of its foundation as its leader remains under federal investigation in connection with the Capitol insurrection.

Perhaps with the unrelenting volume from one screaming news cycle after the next, you failed to note this week that after an extensive, exhaustive, meticulously deliberate investigation, the Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings into last year’s Capitol riot have crept within ... a month.

One of the most serious charges against Gionet stems from his livestream of entering the Capitol

WASHINGTON — As abortion rights protests have spread across the country, targeting churches, anti-abortion clinics and the homes of senators and Supreme Court justices, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is equating them to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.