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Quiet, historic impact of Jan. 6 probe

There’s still a lot the committee doesn’t know – or hasn’t revealed – about Trump’s direct involvement in the riot

Salon · Oct 13, 2022

The mystery behind LA's racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles City Council members went to a squat office building near MacArthur Park last October to seek advice from an influential labor leader about solidifying their grip on power.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 13, 2022

Biden vs the Kingdom: Is this the end of the US-Saudi relationship?

The US-Saudi relationship endured a crippling oil embargo and the 9/11 attacks. Has the relationship run its course? Richard Hall investigates

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter

The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.

WEKU · Oct 13, 2022

‘Firebrand’ Missourian shakes up Ways and Means race - Roll Call

Rep. Jason Smith invokes a populist image for the GOP as he seeks the top Republican spot on the House Ways and Means Committee.

Roll Call · Oct 13, 2022

With scam calls on the rise, here’s how to identify student debt relief scams, avoid fraud

If you keep getting calls or voicemails demanding you to “apply for student debt relief before the program is discontinued,” you are likely the recipient of a scam call — don’t pick up.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Jan. 6 hearing promises 'surprising' details before election

The House Jan. 6 committee plans to unveil “surprising” details at its next public hearing about the 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

High in Colorado mountains, Biden designates new Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument

TENNESSEE PASS, Colo. — President Joe Biden stood at the ruins of a World War II winter warfare training camp high in the Colorado mountains Wednesday, formally designating a new, 84-square-mile Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, and celebrated the wildness of the West.

The Denver Post · Oct 13, 2022

House panel probing Jan. 6 plans broad overview at hearing

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to present a broad overview of its latest findings Thursday on former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, in what might be its last hearing.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

If not the US, then who? Biden team says talk of US troop deployment to Haiti ‘premature’

WASHINGTON — Ever since the assassination of Haiti’s president last summer, the Biden administration has been planning for the possibility of the country’s potential collapse. The Department of Homeland Security has quietly readied for an unprecedented flow of refugees across the Florida Straits. And the Pentagon has gamed out what…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 12, 2022