Here's How US Looks To Churn Out Quality Workers For EV, Broadband Industry The White House aims to introduce a summer-long initiative to unite labor unions and industry, Reuters reports. Benzinga · Jun 17, 2022
Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz Fifty years later, the Watergate scandal is remembered in broad strokes The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences It took close to two years for Richard Nixon to be driven from the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate break-in 50 years ago The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart, in vastly different eras, and they were about different things The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Biden hosts climate meeting amid high gas price pressure President Joe Biden will convene a virtual meeting of some of the world's largest economies to discuss the next steps on climate change The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Trudy Rubin: We’ve betrayed tens of thousands of Afghans who helped us and are under Taliban threat It has been almost one year since the ugly U.S. departure from Kabul. Yet tens of thousands of Afghans who were promised special immigrant visas (SIVs) — meant for those who worked for U.S. soldiers and civilians — remain trapped under terrifying Taliban rule. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 17, 2022
Mark Z. Barabak: The weird saga of Peter Navarro, from California environmentalist to Trump henchman Peter Navarro wasn't always a sad, whiny insurrectionist. There was a time the former White House trade adviser and Trump henchman was all bright, shiny promise. Los Angeles Times · Jun 17, 2022
AP News Digest 3:20 a.m. Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org. The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump legal guru John Eastman. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2022
White House clams up on Biden COVID-19 testing regimen In an abrupt change of course, the White House is now declining to comment on the frequency of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 testing regimen The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022
Legal concerns swirled in Trump's inner circle over Jan. 6 plans In the hearing Thursday, the committee linked Trump's pressure campaign against Pence to Jan. 6 violence. Axios · Jun 16, 2022
Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences. WEKU · Jun 16, 2022
Trump lawyer John Eastman sought presidential pardon after January 6 Disclosure from Capitol attack committee suggests consciousness of guilt in unlawful scheme to return Trump to White House The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2022
Trump knew asking Pence to overturn election was illegal, Jan. 6 committee says WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew that asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s… Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2022 Jan. 6 panel makes case that Trump put Pence's life in danger WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s life…
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 ‘Pouring gasoline on the fire’: Trump knew election plot was illegal and egged on riot that threatened Mike Pence’s life, Jan 6 hearing reveals New testimony reveals one of Mr Trump’s White House lawyers telling law professor John Eastman he was ‘out of his effing mind’ for suggesting that then-vice president Mike Pence unilaterally throw out electoral votes for Joe Biden
Salon · Jun 16, 2022 Eastman sought pardon for the Pence plot Trump lawyer who pressured Pence to reject electors asked for pardon after Jan. 6
Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2022 Trump White House staff detail his 'heated' Jan. 6 call with Pence WASHINGTON — Former White House staffers described a "heated" Jan. 6, 2021, call between President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in footage shown Thursday by the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2022 Key US baby formula plant closes again as ‘torrential storms’ cause flooding Production halt at Abbott Laboratories in Michigan will probably extend shortages for ‘a few weeks’
Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022 Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman.
Axios · Jun 16, 2022 Trump called Pence a "wimp" on "heated" Jan. 6 phone call Julie Radford, Ivanka Trump's chief of staff, told the panel Trump called Pence the "p-word."
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 Jan. 6 takeaways: Pence under pressure, and in danger In its third hearing this month, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection is focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on his vice president to delay or reject the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory -- and attempting to show how that pressure incited an angry mob…
The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2022 Key Democrat warns of major security risk if US firm acquires NSO hacking code Ron Wyden says White House right to raise concerns about possible deal for defence contractor L3Harris to acquire surveillance technology
Axios · Jun 16, 2022 Meadows doubted Pence's authority to reject electors, Short tells Jan. 6 panel The testimony was presented with a slew of other interviews that demonstrate top Trumpworld figures had similar doubts.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 Trump White House attorneys called plan to overturn election ‘completely crazy’ ‘Al Gore did not have a basis to do it in 2000. Kamala Harris shouldn’t be able to do it in 2024. But I think you should do it today’