The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack laid out evidence on Thursday of how, as a mob of his supporters assaulted the Capitol, former President Donald J. Trump sat in his dining room off the Oval Office, watching the violence on television and choosing to do nothing for hours to stop it even as the lives of law enforcement […]
Jan. 6 Panel Presents Evidence of Trump’s Refusal to Stop the Riot
Why Did It Take So Long to Deploy the National Guard on Jan. 6?
WASHINGTON — As the House committee investigating Jan. 6 uses its prime-time hearing on Thursday to document President Donald J. Trump’s lack of forceful response to the attack on the Capitol by his supporters, it will again raise one of the enduring mysteries of that day: Why did it take so long to deploy the National Guard? The hearing is […]
Jan. 6 Panel to Sum Up Its Case Against Trump: Dereliction of Duty
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to return to prime time on Thursday to deliver what amounts to a closing argument in the case it has made against former President Donald J. Trump, accusing the former commander in chief of dereliction of duty for failing to call off the assault carried out in his […]
Biden Administration Is Elevating an H.H.S. Division to Oversee Pandemic Responses
The Biden administration is creating a new division within the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate the nation’s response to pandemic threats and other health emergencies, a recognition that the department is structurally ill equipped to handle disasters like the coronavirus pandemic. The change, announced internally on Wednesday, will elevate an existing office — that of the Assistant […]
American Bridge Sues the F.E.C. Over Trump’s 2024 Hinting
A Democratic super PAC filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, seeking to force officials to take action against Donald J. Trump for all but running for president in 2024 without having declared himself a candidate. The suit comes more than four months after the group, American Bridge, lodged a complaint with the F.E.C. against Mr. Trump. […]
Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind
Quidditch, the sport of boarding school wizards riding broomsticks in “Harry Potter,” will become “Quadball” to the humans who play the game in real life, its leading organizations said on Tuesday. The groups cited financial obstacles imposed by Warner Bros., the producer of the movie series, holding the trademark to Quidditch, as well as a wish to “distance themselves” from […]
Dan Cox, a Trump Loyalist, Wins Maryland G.O.P. Primary for Governor
Republican voters in Maryland on Tuesday made their state the latest to elevate a nominee for governor who denies the 2020 election’s legitimacy, choosing Dan Cox, a first-term state legislator who wrote on social media during the Capitol riot that Vice President Mike Pence was “a traitor.” Mr. Cox handily defeated Kelly Schulz, a political protégé of Gov. Larry Hogan, […]
Secret Service Says Some Missing Jan. 6 Texts Are Unlikely to Be Recovered
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service said it may not be able to recover a batch of erased text messages from phones used by its agents around the time of the attack on the Capitol last year, a development that comes amid intensified scrutiny over lapses in the agency’s accounting of its actions during the riots. The Secret Service informed the […]
What to Watch For in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Maryland
Marylanders are the only voters going to the polls on Tuesday, choosing major-party candidates for governor and the House of Representatives in the November midterm elections. For a relatively small Democratic state, Maryland will provide plenty of suspense, quite possibly including a cliffhanger ending, as a delayed counting of mail-in ballots and those returned to drop boxes will most likely […]
‘Late Show’ Staff Arrested at U.S. Capitol Complex Won’t Be Prosecuted
Federal prosecutors said late Monday that they would not prosecute staff members of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” who were arrested last month at the United States Capitol complex on charges of unlawful entry. When members of a production team for the CBS show were arrested on June 16, they had been filming a segment featuring Triumph the Insult […]