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The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact a witness is the latest product of the panel's probe to involve law enforcement.

A heated Oval Office meeting convened by then-President Donald Trump on December 18, 2020 -- in which lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, floated outrageous suggestions about overturning the election -- was a central focus of Tuesday's hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot.

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Former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly downplayed the significance of the hearings by the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has regularly asked those around him in recent days when the televised hearings are going to end -- underscoring his private fixation on the damning revelations revealed by some of the committee's witnesses.

In her opening remarks at Tuesday's January 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney had a blunt message: Donald Trump doesn't get to play the unwitting dupe when it comes to his role in the run-up to and riot at the US Capitol.

First lady Jill Biden's office issued an apology Tuesday morning after Biden faced criticism for citing "bodegas" and "breakfast tacos" to praise Latino diversity.

Republican leaders are trying to send a not-so-subtle signal to Donald Trump these days: Do NOT announce for president before the November midterm elections.

The US carried out a drone strike in northwest Syria on Tuesday that killed Maher al-Agal, the leader of ISIS in Syria, US Central Command said.

Over the weekend at a campaign rally in Alaska, Donald Trump called billionaire businessman Elon Musk a "bullshit artist" for saying he never voted for a Republican prior to a recent special election in Texas.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is holding its seventh public hearing. Watch live and follow news updates.

The people who wrote the Constitution adopted an age minimum for presidents -- 35 -- but they set no maximum. While the Constitution allows for old presidents, political pundits are increasingly loud about questioning the wisdom of a Joe Biden run for reelection.

The contentious Democratic House primary in Michigan's 11th District, which pits two incumbents against each other after the state redrew its congressional map, has quietly become one of the key battlegrounds in the party's evolving rift over Israel and overlapping debates about its broader ideological direction.

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met at the White House on Tuesday amid record migration in the hemisphere and high inflation that has affected both countries.

The January 6 committee plans to show at its hearing Tuesday how right-wing extremist groups including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers prepared to attack the US Capitol in the days leading up to January 6, 2021 -- and the groups' ties to Donald Trump associates, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, according to committee aides.

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection is holding a hearing Tuesday focusing on the role of extremist groups in the deadly riot.

Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is expected to meet Friday with the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

To avoid the worst-case scenario in November, Democrats must defy one of the most powerful trends shaping modern congressional elections. Recent polls have provided them a glimmer of optimism that they might do just that.

There's one tiny sliver of hope for Joe Biden in a devastating new poll that flags rising concerns over the President's age and performance and shows even most Democrats want another candidate in 2024. He could still beat Donald Trump.

Herschel Walker is a walking gaffe machine.