Commons committee agrees to summon GC Strategies to testify on ArriveCan
The House government operations committee has agreed to summon the heads of the IT staffing firm at the centre of the ArriveCan controversy.
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The Informant Turned Defendant Who Took Aim at the Bidens
Alexander Smirnov was, in many ways, the archetype of an informant operating in the shadowlands of the former Soviet Union — a profiteer, fixer and gossip who promoted his ability to make sense of a confusing landscape to American law enforcement agencies.
Pennsylvania’s high court throws out GOP lawmakers’ subpoena in 2020 presidential election case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for a wide range of election records they issued in 2021 in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
James Biden appears for GOP interview as FBI informant’s arrest casts new doubt on impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden arrived for a private interview Wednesday on Capitol Hill as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into his brother, President Joe Biden.
How is an ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens allegedly linked to Russian intelligence?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence.
Sidney Powell and Other Trump-Aligned Lawyers Will Face Legal Penalties
Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood and several other lawyers who advanced former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of a stolen election will face legal penalties after the Supreme Court declined to take up their appeal.
Michigan Man Charged Under New Gun Storage Law After Toddler Shoots Self
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns.
Passenger Films ‘Wing Coming Apart’ During Cross-Country United Flight
A United Airlines flight was forced to make an early landing Monday after pieces of the wing appeared shredded mid-flight, as seen in a video taken by a concerned passenger.