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Bipartisan group of senatoers pushing bill to restore abortion rights

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade

US House approves law to protect same-sex marriage, retort to high court

The US House approved legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardise other rights

Secret Service texts on Jan 6 riots day erased despite Congress' request

Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the US Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved, the agency confirmed

Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package

Biden told Democrats to quickly push the measure through Congress so families could sleep easier" and enjoy the health care savings it proposes

Trump fought top officials' strong objections, says Jan 6 riots panel

In a heated, unhinged dispute, Donald Trump fought objections from his White House lawyers to a plan, eventually discarded, to seize states' voting machines, the House Jan 6 committee revealed

Jan 6 riots committee probes 'unhinged' meeting, Trump rally call

The Jan 6 committee divulged details of an unhinged late night meeting at the White House with defeated President Donald Trump's outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines

Capitol riot hearing to extend till July as investigation deepens: Chairman

The House's January 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens

Trump 'detached from reality' over election, says Jan 6 riots witness

Trump's closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan 6, but he was becoming detached from reality

Jan 6 riots panel to hear Trump campaign manager, probe election lie

The House committee investigating the Jan 6 riot is delving deeper into what it calls the big lie, Trump's false claims of voter fraud that led a mob of his supporters to lay siege to the US Capitol

Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump: Jan 6 violence panelists

Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against Donald Trump

Proud Boys documentarian to be among first Jan. 6 witnesses in US attack

Federal authorities have linked more than three dozen people charged in the Capitol siege to the Proud Boys

Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan 2021 Capitol riot

The former top leader of the Proud Boys and other members were charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the US Capitol last year in January

US lawmakers seek pathway to citizenship for documented 'dreamers'

A group of eminent Democratic lawmakers rejuvenated their push to provide a pathway to citizenship to some 250,000 documented 'dreamers', a significant majority of whom are Indian Americans.

Congressmen attend launch of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' event at US Capitol

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called on the community leaders to help elect other Indian Americans to the US Congress and other elected bodies as well

Russian oligarchs to be targeted in aid package for Ukraine: US lawmaker

"Ukraine needs all the help it can get and, at the same time, we need all the assets we can put together to give Ukraine the aid it needs," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said

US House panel: Justice Dept 'obstructing' Donald Trump records probe

A congressional oversight committee said the Justice Department is obstructing its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records

January 6 riots panel puts Garland in 'precarious' spot, ups pressure

Lawmakers investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message

US Congress hears sirens wail as Ukraine legislators visit Capitol

As members of the Ukrainian parliament were pleading for aid on Capitol Hill, an air raid siren blared from one of their cell phones a wrenching alert from the war-torn country back home.

Judge OKs emails to panel probing Jan 6 riots, sees likely Trump crimes

A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol

Panel probing Jan 6 riots sets contempt vote for 2 former aides pf Trump

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Thursday that it had set a vote for next week to consider contempt of Congress charges for two aides of former President Donald Trump. The committee will meet Monday to discuss whether to recommend referring for potential prosecution Trump's former trade adviser, Peter Navarro, and Dan Scavino, the onetime chief of staff for communications. The committee subpoenaed Navarro for his testimony in early February, seeking to question the Trump ally who promoted false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Though Navarro sought to use executive privilege to avoid cooperation, the Biden administration this month denied claims from him and another onetime Trump aide, former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Scavino, who was subpoenaed last September, called the committee vote an unprecedented partisan assault on executive privilege. The committee knows full well that President Trump has invoked executive privilege and it i