Meanwhile, the committee hopes former White House counsel Pat Cipollone will appear Wednesday for a deposition.
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From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden
His approval rating remains at 39 percent, the lowest since taking office, down from 59 percent one year ago.
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LePage takes new tack in old quest to eliminate income taxes
The former Republican governor now says he would eliminate them from the bottom up, and may not need to increase increase sales taxes to pay for it – a claim some experts question.
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Trump’s vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony on Capitol riot
In Iowa, expected to host the first presidential nominating contest in roughly 18 months, several voters signaled Thursday that they were open to another candidate even if the former president were to run again.
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Biden brainstorms abortion response with Democratic governors
The president has repeatedly stressed there’s little his administration can do unless more lawmakers who support abortion rights are elected to Congress.
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Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics
The legal wrangling is almost certain to continue to cause chaos for Americans seeking abortions in the near future, with court rulings able to upend access at a moment’s notice.
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Alabama uses abortion ruling to argue for ban on medical care for transgender youth
Alabama is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth.
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Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold
The cases reflect battles being waged in courts across the country after the Supreme Court said abortion was no longer protected under the federal constitution.
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Jan. 6 hearings fuel the question: Did Trump commit a crime?
Here is a look at potential crimes related to Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and at what Congress and the Justice Department might do.
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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas former White House counsel who resisted Trump’s schemes
Pat Cipollone is said to have stridently warned against then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to try to overturn his election loss.