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Fact-checking Sen. Ron Johnson’s continued efforts to mislead on Covid-19 and January 6 insurrection

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s penchant for spreading false claims and misinformation shows no signs of stopping after a week in which he touted falsehoods related to both the January 6 Capitol riot and Covid-19. The senator faced online punishment Friday after making false claims over treatments for Covid-19 and, over the weekend, downplayed the

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Attorney General Eric Schmitt

Schmitt closes Sunshine complaint against Missouri governor

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has closed an open-records complaint filed against Gov. Mike Parson. Records provided to The Associated Press show Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office last week closed the complaint filed by a Missouri news outlet. A Missouri Independent reporter had asked Schmitt’s office to investigate after Parson’s office refused to

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Justice Department to ‘strengthen’ rules regarding seeking congressional records, Garland says

The Justice Department will “strengthen” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Monday, following reports that the previous administration seized the records of journalists, members of Congress and their families. Over the last few weeks, it was revealed that during the previous administration the phone records from journalists with

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ICE terminates Trump-era office that focused on victims of immigrant crime

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has terminated the Trump-era office that focused on victims of crimes linked to undocumented immigrants, another move the Biden administration has taken to distance itself from President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. ICE announced on Friday that it was shuttering the Victim of Immigration Crime Engagement office and replacing it with a

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Supreme Court declines to take up challenge to California electoral vote process

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging California’s electoral process in another instance of the high court shying away from election-related disputes. The case, brought by comedian Paul Rodriguez, Rocky Chavez, League of United Latin American Citizens and California League of United Latin American Citizens, sought for the high court to consider whether

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