Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is to testify about Trump’s phone call asking him to “find 11,780” votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden’s election victory.
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Trump criticizes McCarthy for ‘bad decision’ to walk away from Jan. 6 panel
Trump appeared to concede that it was a huge blunder to cede total control of the committee to his political enemies, effectively giving him no way to influence the proceedings.
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Biden says decision on gas tax holiday may come this week
The administration is increasingly looking for ways to spare Americans from higher prices at the pump, which began to climb last year and surged after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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Jan. 6 panel sends letter asking Ginni Thomas to testify
A conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, she communicated with people in President Donald Trump’s orbit ahead of the attack and also on the day of the insurrection.
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Production at bedeviled baby formula factory halted by storm
Abbott says it needs to assess damage and re-sanitize the factory after severe thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through southwestern Michigan late Monday.
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States slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday, despite recent push
The effort to officially celebrate Juneteenth as a paid holiday has faced skepticism inside legislatures that have largely chosen symbolic gestures to recognize the holiday while curtailing certain conversations on race and racism.
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Biden says U.S. will send $1 billion more in aid to Ukraine
The aid includes anti-ship missile launchers, howitzers, and more rounds for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems that U.S. forces are training Ukrainian troops on now.
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Automakers report nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with automated driver-assist systems
The crashes included 273 involving Teslas, according to new statistics from U.S. safety regulators.
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Ford recalls almost 3 million vehicles at risk of rollaway crashes
The recall covers certain 2013 to 2019 Escape, 2013 to 2018 C-Max, 2013 to 2016 Fusion, 2013 to 2021 Transit Connect, and 2015 to 2018 Edge vehicles.
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U.S. abortion rate rises, reversing three decades of declines
The Guttmacher Institute study’s authors cited several possible reasons for the increase, including greater private funding to support abortion access and expanded Medicaid coverage for the procedure in some states.