The House Jan. 6 committee had planned to hold what was likely to be its final investigative hearing Wednesday afternoon, but members decided at the last minute to delay it.
Carol Semple
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Kremlin announces vote in occupied areas, paves way to annex part of Ukraine
The preordained outcome of the stage-managed referendums sets the stage for a dangerous new phase in Russia’s 7-month war, with the Kremlin threatening to throw more troops into the battle and potentially use nuclear weapons.
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Libertarian group sues to block student debt cancellation
the lawsuit was filed in federal court in Indiana, one of several states that plan to tax any student debt canceled by President Biden’s plan.
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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes’ path: From Yale to jail
He and 4 others tied to the militia group are being tried on charges of seditious conspiracy, the most serious criminal allegation leveled by the Justice Department in its far-reaching prosecution of rioters who attacked the Capitol.
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Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, who leaked U.S. secrets
He was granted permanent Russian residency in 2020 and said at the time that he planned to apply for Russian citizenship without renouncing his U.S. citizenship.
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Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as a Category 4 hurricane
As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be the among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane since 1921.
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House passes overhaul of election count law in response to Jan. 6 attack
The bill is similar to bipartisan legislation moving through the Senate, where Sen. Susan Collins has championed the effort and Sen. Angus King helped to draft the changes.
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Man pleads guilty to dousing ‘Bewitched’ statue in red paint in Salem, Mass.
The statue was erected in the city famous for the 1692 witch trials in 2005, despite protests from some who said a statue based on a TV sitcom trivializes the tragedy of the trials.
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Fed attacks inflation with another big interest rate hike and expects more
By raising borrowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a loan. Consumers and businesses then presumably borrow and spend less, cooling the economy and slowing inflation.
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Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope
The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune’s thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as seven of its 14 known moons.