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Ryan Zinke, Trump’s former Interior secretary, will win GOP primary in Montana’s 1st District, CNN projects

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Rep. Ryan Zinke, who left his seat for a scandal-plagued tenure as then-President Donald Trump’s Interior secretary, has won the GOP primary in Montana’s 1st Congressional District, CNN projects. Zinke, a former Navy SEAL and Montana state senator who was first elected to the House in 2014 and reelected in

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Former Trump Education Secretary DeVos says she had 25th Amendment discussions with Pence and Cabinet members

By Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, is acknowledging publicly for the first time that she discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with other Cabinet members and then-Vice President Mike Pence following the January 6 US Capitol attack. DeVos resigned from

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California man charged with attempting to murder Supreme Court justice said he needed ‘psychiatric help’: 911 dispatch audio

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN The California man arrested near US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s home and charged with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge said in calls he made to 911 before the arrest that he was thinking of killing himself and needed psychiatric help, according to audio recordings released

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FBI arrests Michigan gubernatorial candidate on charges related to involvement in January 6 riot

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley was arrested Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested in Allendale on charges “stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol

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Biden watches as Latin American leaders criticize his decision to exclude some nations from Summit of the Americas

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday watched on as Latin American leaders lambasted his decision to exclude autocratic leaders from the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, just moments after the President had delivered remarks underscoring his belief that the future of the Western Hemisphere should be a democratic one. Belize’s

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Father and son went to US Capitol on January 6 ‘to bond because they had not had a close relationship in the past,’ lawyer says

By Andrew Millman A father and son were sentenced by a federal judge Thursday for their role in the January 6 US Capitol attack after pleading to a misdemeanor charge earlier this year. DC District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced William Michael Sywak to 4 months home confinement and 2 years’ probation and his son William

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Former Trump Education Secretary DeVos says she had 25th Amendment discussions with Pence and Cabinet members

By Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, is acknowledging publicly for the first time that she discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with other Cabinet members and then-Vice President Mike Pence following the January 6 US Capitol attack. DeVos resigned from

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How to watch the first January 6 committee hearing

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will hold its first public hearing Thursday night and will reveal it findings surrounding the insurrection. The nine-person panel has spent months investigating the insurrection, interviewing members of the Trump administration and President Donald Trump’s inner

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Rick Scott drops tax increase proposal from revised ‘Rescue America’ plan after facing blowback

By Alex Rogers, CNN Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott dropped his proposal requiring low-income Americans to pay at least some federal income tax in his revised agenda for the country, after facing withering criticism from fellow Republicans in Washington, President Joe Biden and Democrats. In his updated “Rescue America” platform, Scott, the National Republican Senatorial

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FBI arrests Michigan gubernatorial candidate on charges related to involvement in January 6 riot

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the Jan. 6,

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