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The House select committee on Tuesday unveiled new information showing the role that Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing "fake" electors for then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.

President Joe Biden will appoint Marilynn Malerba as treasurer of the United States, making the lifetime chief of the Mohegan Tribe the first Native American to hold the position, the White House announced on Tuesday.

A call between detained WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle Griner, has been rescheduled, the US State Department said Tuesday, after a "mistake" prevented the couple from speaking on their anniversary Saturday.

The primary season continues Tuesday with more elections in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Washington, DC. Follow here for results and the latest news updates.

Tuesday's hearing featured election officials trading harrowing testimony about the dangers they faced operating on the wrong the side of former President Donald Trump's lies. Through these shaken public servants, the panel offered its most searing indictment of Trump and his allies yet.

As the former Georgia election worker unspooled her story on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating January 6, Wandrea Moss transformed into the single most powerful witness to appear in these public hearings so far.

The Senate on Tuesday made meaningful progress toward passing the first major federal gun safety legislation in a generation.

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, the lone remaining anti-abortion Democrat in the House, will defeat progressive Jessica Cisneros in a runoff, CNN projects.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday ratcheted up his public back-and-forth with the US oil and gas industry as he looks to spread around the blame for the nation's soaring gas prices.

The Arizona Republican who delivered emotional testimony Tuesday about resisting efforts to overturn the 2020 election long has been known as a maverick, willing to buck the increasingly extreme elements of his party.

Another election day in Georgia has brought a further round of defeats for former President Donald Trump and his chosen Republican candidates.

The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The 6-3 ruling is the latest move by the conservative court to expand religious liberty rights and bring more religion into public life.

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was reversing a Trump-era policy and joining the majority of countries around the world in committing to limit the use of anti-personnel landmines.

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The top US "Nazi hunter" will lead a Justice Department team to identify and prosecute anyone who has committed war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday during an unannounced visit to that country.

Independent orthopedic surgeon Al Gross dropped out of the Alaska House race on Monday and threw his support behind two Native women candidates: Republican Tara Sweeney and former Democratic state Rep. Mary Peltola.

Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot as it lifts the curtain on some of its findings with public hearings that have garnered gavel-to-gavel cable coverage -- much to the annoyance of the TV-obsessed former President.

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