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Washington A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has moved aggressively against close Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, swiftly scheduling a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against the former White House aide after he defied a subpoena. The chairman of the special committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.,…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An endorsement by former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race isn’t backing down rival Republicans, with one putting up millions for her campaign and another getting a seven-figure pledge from a donor. Carla Sands, Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, loaned her campaign $3…

When Xi Jinping promised the world’s movers and shakers in January 2017 that China would champion globalisation, it looked as if the baton of global economic leadership was being picked up seamlessly by Beijing as Donald Trump prepared to usher in an era of American isolationism. Almost five years later…

This week, Donald Trump caused some potentially catastrophic problems for his own party when he warned that Republicans “will not be voting” in 2022 or 2024 if they don’t “solve” what he is now calling the “Presidential Election Fraud of 2020.” Or as Jimmy Kimmel put it Thursday night, “The…

Donald Trump, who has insistently pushed the baseless notion that the 2020 election was marred by sweeping election fraud, appears to be dissuading his supporters from voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections if the GOP fails to "solve" the apparent fraud.  "If we don't solve the Presidential Election Fraud…

Topline House lawmakers will vote next week on whether to hold Steve Bannon in contempt and refer him for criminal charges, lawmakers said Thursday, as a committee investigating the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot fights to compel former President Donald Trump’s allies to testify about the riot and Trump's efforts…

An image shared on Instagram purportedly shows former President Donald Trump standing next to rapper Tupac Shakur. Verdict: False The image is doctored. The original photo shows Tupac with an unidentified man. Fact Check: Tupac was a rapper in the 1990s who sold over 75 million records and was murdered…

The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank known for its pro-Trump leanings, is in damage-control mode after a massive public backlash against John Eastman, a lawyer who works for one of its divisions. In recent months, Eastman has become infamous as journalists have surfaced and reported on memos he wrote…

Topline One of the final pending lawsuits filed by supporters of former President Donald Trump in Georgia shortly after the 2020 presidential election was dismissed Wednesday, likely bringing an end to hopes of an Arizona-style election audit in the state. Then President Donald Trump peers into the audience during a…

The California congressman’s new book, “Midnight in Washington,” should scare you. It’s meant to. Illustration by The New Republic Read More