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Mike Pompeo meets with January 6 committee

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday, according to panel member Rep. Zoe Lofgren. The California Democrat confirmed CNN’s earlier reporting that Pompeo would be deposed by the committee, according to a source familiar with the matter. CNN has previously reported on Pompeo’s

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Adam Kinzinger allies launch candidate and election worker training program

By Alex Rogers, CNN A group affiliated with retiring Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger launched a “nonpartisan training program” on Monday for people interested in running for public office or volunteering as election workers. Keep Country First Policy Action, the nonprofit group, created the “Country First Academy” to focus on those especially interested in serving

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Doug Mastriano, Trump ally and candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, to appear before January 6 committee Tuesday

By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Doug Mastriano, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is expected to appear virtually on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection but might not end up answering any questions due to a dispute over his testimony, a source familiar with

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Blinken draws distinctions between US and Russia as he seeks to make case for US partnership in Africa

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday drew firm distinctions between the United States and Russia as he sought to make the case that the US is the better partner for countries in Africa. In a speech about the Biden administration’s “strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa,” delivered in Pretoria, South Africa,

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New Yorker: Milley was set to excoriate Trump in unreleased resignation letter drafted after Lafayette Square photo-op

By Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On June

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