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Jan. 6 committee wants to interview former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

WASHINGTON — The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection wants former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to submit to an interview about his alleged involvement in “aspects” of attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with former House speaker Newt Gingrich

The committee cited emails he sent about electors and ads pushing 2020 fraud claims.

Axios · Sep 1, 2022

Jan 6 committee wants to interview Newt Gingrich over claims ex-Speaker was advising Trump

Mr Gingrich is unlikely to cooperate with the panel, which he has accused of being a ‘lynch mob’

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

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House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records

A House committee seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump has reached an agreement that ends litigation on the matter and requires his accounting firm to turn over certain records to the panel

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

House Oversight reaches deal with Trump to obtain "key financial documents"

The committee said the deal part of its probe into Trump's potential conflicts of interest and foreign financial ties.

Axios · Sep 1, 2022

Trump forced to hand over financial records to Congress after three-year legal battle

Agreement with House Oversight Committee could end ex-president’s legal battle to shield documents exposing his ‘egregious conduct’, chair announces

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Florida’s ‘anti-riot’ law infringes on right to protest, United Nations committee says

MIAMI — A law passed by Florida Republicans in reaction to the protests that erupted across the U.S. in the summer of 2020 restricts “the right to peaceful assembly,” according to a report released Tuesday by a United Nations committee tasked with monitoring human rights across the globe.

Miami Herald · Aug 30, 2022

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Andhra Pradesh: VMC forms committee to look into harassment plaints by women staff

It will be headed by Additional Commissioner (Projects) K.V. Satyavathi

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022

Court Rejects Suit by Volunteer Yale Psych Professor Fired for Public Diagnosis of Trump and Alan Dershowitz

"In January 2020, you called for 'an involuntary evaluation' of President Trump, and you said, 'I am beginning to believe a mental health hold ... will become inevitable.' That same month, you publicly suggested that President Trump, Rudolph Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz had a 'shared psychosis.'"

Reason · Aug 30, 2022

UN committee calls on US to offer ‘reparations’ to descendants of enslaved people

Report also faulted US for continued gun violence and aggressive policing

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

Abhijit Sen: A champion of the excluded and exploited

Former Member of Planning Commission Abhijit Sen was a powerful advocate of decentralised governance

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022

Pedersen Acknowledges Stagnation in Political Process in Syria, Fears Another 'Collapse'

The United Nations Special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, regretted that during two years of frozen front lines, the international community had not seized upon the window provided by that relative calm to build a credible political process. “We need to be honest about the mismatch between the scale of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 30, 2022

ICRC: Floods Caused Havoc in Yemen

Weeks of exceptionally heavy seasonal rains and floods have caused havoc across Yemen, killing dozens of people and destroying homes, agricultural land, roads and vital infrastructure, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a report on Wednesday. The floods have also moved unexploded ordnance to residential and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 26, 2022

Malware found in 5 phones, no proof of Pegasus: panel

Committee said Centre was not cooperative: CJI

The Hindu · Aug 25, 2022

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WEKU · Aug 23, 2022

At the Jan. 6 hearings, race isn't discussed much. Still, it's a central issue

The Jan. 6 Committee has been uncovering what led up to the insurrection. But just beneath the surface is a central cause of the riot — racism and the fear of losing white power.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2022

The Capitol Hill riots expose the problem of identifying insider threats

The U.S. Capitol Hill riots were a shock to many and both the January 6th Committee and the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence have only reignited these concerns.

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Senate intelligence committee asks for briefing on potential security risks from Trump’s secret papers haul

The documents may contain information that could compromise the identities of US intelligence assets

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2022

Caste committee gives clean chit to former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede

He was not a Muslim by birth and he belongs to the Mahar caste, says panel

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The Hindu · Aug 11, 2022

Will Harivansh remain Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman after JD(U)-BJP split?

No bar in continuing in the post

The Hindu · Aug 11, 2022

Jairam Ramesh opposes provisions of Wildlife Bill passed in Lok Sabha

Animal rights groups, too, have objected to this amended provision in the Bill

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

China delays bid by U.S and India to sanction Pakistan militant at U.N.

China delayed on Wednesday a proposal by the United States and India to sanction at the U.N. Security Council a top commander in the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group, diplomats said.

The Hindu · Aug 10, 2022

Parliamentary panel recommends senior citizen rebate restoration in sleeper class, AC 3-tier

Standing Committee on Railways also urged the Ministry to give wide publicity to the "give up" scheme, which encourages senior citizens to give up their concessions voluntarily.

Reason · Aug 9, 2022

House Committee Can Get Trump Tax Returns

"The 2021 Request seeks information that may inform the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means as to the efficacy of the Presidential Audit Program, and therefore, was made in furtherance of a subject upon which legislation could be had."

Dynamite News · Aug 8, 2022

No child should be called "illegitimate" says Par panel; Calls for new law on adoption

There is a need to bring in a new and comprehensive law to deal with child adoption that makes the process smoother as well as more accountable, a parliamentary panel that examined the sensitive subject has felt. Read more on Dynamite News:

Reason · Aug 4, 2022

An Update on Judge Silberman's Complaint Against A Federal Judge Picking Other Federal Judges

Can an active federal judge serve on a committee with the power to nominate another federal judge over the President's objection? You might think the answer is obviously no, but the D.C. Home Rule Act authorizes just such a process. And Judge Emmitt Sullivan (D.D.C.) chairs that committee. In 2020,…

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