Washington Post – Campaign 2012

• Jan. 6 panel grapples with how to secure testimony from lawmakers, Pence>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 9:22 PM:)

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• The Justice Dept. alleged Jan. 6 was a seditious conspiracy. Now will it investigate Trump?>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 9:00 PM:)

  <>Interviews suggest officials are not taking steps to directly probe the former president or his inner circle.> <>
• DirecTV says it will sever ties with far-right network One America News>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 5:11 PM:)

  <>The conservative news channel, which rose to prominence during the Trump administration and has promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election and coronavirus pandemic, will be dropped from DirecTV in early April when its contract expires.> <>
• As Biden ends his first year amid many challenges, is there a second act ahead?>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 3:34 PM:)

  <>He weathered one of the roughest weeks of his presidency, and his year ends with his approval ratings underwater. Now the question is whether he has a course correction in mind.> <>
• ‘One of those weeks’: From voting rights to vaccines, Biden experiences the limits of his office — and the fragility of his presidency>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 2:03 PM:)

  <>Action on Capitol Hill and a decision by the Supreme Court led to one of the worst weeks of Biden’s first year in office.> <>
• FEC report shows how national party committees allegedly blow past contribution limits>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 2:50 AM:)

  <>The 2019 report, which gained little attention at the time, calls attention to a loophole in individual contribution limits.> <>
• CDC says N95 masks offer far better protection than cloth masks against omicron variant>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 12:37 AM:)

  <>Updated guidance stops short of saying people should wear the higher-quality masks, but offers advice on effectiveness.> <>
• Jan. 6 defendants Rhodes, Vallejo will stay jailed until bond hearings next week>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 12:21 AM:)

  <>Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, arrested Thursday, is the highest-profile person charged to date.> <>
• Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn congressional map as unfairly partisan>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 12:03 AM:)

  <>The opinion was a victory for Democrats who have contended that the House lines defied a state ban on partisan gerrymandering.> <>
• Supreme Court to hear case of high school football coach who lost job after praying with players>

  (Politics - January 15 2022 - 12:00 AM:)

  <>The case dates to 2015, when Joseph Kennedy, an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Washington, offered private prayer after games and often was joined by players and coaches of both teams. An opposing coach complained, and Kennedy’s contract was not renewed.> <>
• Biden White House forces resignation of former Trump aide who promoted baseless Jan. 6 theories>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 11:34 PM:)

  <>The Biden administration on Friday forced out Darren Beattie, who was a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.> <>
• Election officials in Texas reject hundreds of ballot applications under state’s new voting restrictions>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 10:34 PM:)

  <>County clerks in some of the most populous counties such as Harris and Travis have rejected the applications due to new requirements for identification.> <>
• The conservative knives come out for Brett Kavanaugh>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 9:41 PM:)

  <>A day after Kavanaugh allowed a vaccine mandate for health-care workers to move forward, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis and even Donald Trump Jr. went after him — in remarkably personal terms.> <>
• The conservative knives come out for Brett Kavanaugh>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 9:41 PM:)

  <>A day after Kavanaugh allowed a vaccine mandate for health-care workers to move forward, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis and even Donald Trump Jr. went after him — in remarkably personal terms.> <>
• The president wants voting reform. Can he get it?>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 9:22 PM:)

  <>President Biden says passing voting rights legislation is a top priority for his administration. But a couple of senators have the power to keep that from happening. And, an unlikely casualty of our supply chain blues.> <>
• Biden’s team takes a page from Trump: Pushing back on poor poll numbers>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 8:12 PM:)

  <>Their position is better, but the look isn't.> <>
• GOP Rep. John Katko announces he won’t seek reelection>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 7:37 PM:)

  <>The New York congressman is the third of the 10 Republicans who voted last year to impeach former president Donald Trump to announce their retirement.> <>
• How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 7:01 PM:)

  <>The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed.> <>
• The right’s conspiratorial defenses of Jan. 6 figures come under microscope with seditious-conspiracy charges>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 5:52 PM:)

  <>Some were pitched as sympathetic figures being railroaded. Another was a supposed government agent. They're now the first people charged with sedition in more than a decade.> <>
• The right’s conspiratorial defenses of Jan. 6 figures come under microscope with seditious-conspiracy charges>

  (Politics - January 14 2022 - 5:52 PM:)

  <>Some were pitched as sympathetic figures being railroaded. Another was a supposed government agent. They're now the first people charged with sedition in more than a decade.> <>

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