7 Takeaways From Final Hearing of Task Force Investigating Trump Assassination Attempt

A House task force probing the attempted assassination in July of Donald Trump held a final hearing Thursday that contained some fireworks, promises to improve, and unanswered questions.  Ronald L. Rowe Jr., acting director of the Secret Service Acting, was the only witness to appear before the task force, which includes eight Republicans and six Democrats. Rowe replaced Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned after the first assassination attempt against Trump on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.  The panel, formally called the House Task Force on the Attempted…

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4 Takeaways as House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of  January 2021 voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump.  The panel’s nine members sought to make a case that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and planned before the election to claim that he really won.  Less than a month before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, the seven Democrats and two Republicans (all appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.) held what they called a “business meeting” as opposed to a hearing.  Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., suggested that the…

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6 Takeaways as House Republicans Accuse Homeland Security Chief of ‘Intentional’ Border Crisis

House Republicans pressed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for answers Thursday as every sign appeared to point to a rising surge of illegal immigrants trying to cross the southern border.  According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents last month logged over 221,000 “encounters” with illegal aliens along the border, a 33% jump from February.     In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Mayorkas argued that the situation at the border is under “operational control,” as the law requires. Republicans on the committee repeatedly rejected this claim, pointing to the huge…

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Donald Trump wrote US President Joe Biden a letter ‘from the heart’. Five key takeaways from Lisa Boothe podcast – ABC News

Donald Trump wrote US President Joe Biden a letter ‘from the heart’. Five key takeaways from Lisa Boothe podcast  ABC News At U.S.-Mexico border, a new U.S. president spurs hope and rush to enter  CBC.ca US president Biden’s envoys head to Mexico for talks on stemming migrant surge  Mint Biden to visit border ‘at some point’, says migrants should apply from home  Reuters President Biden to visit US-Mexico border ‘at some point’  Border Report View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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