The Jan. 6 select committee on Monday requested testimony from three more House Republicans who are connected to the push by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election that ultimately metastasized into the Capitol riot. Congressional investigators sent requests for voluntary interviews to Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and Mo…

The move would give Greg Abbott broader state powers to tackle the flow of migrants at the US border Texas Governor Greg Abbott is weighing a plan to invoke real war powers by declaring an “invasion” at the US southern border to get around a clause in the US Constitution. Abbott could declare an invasion…

A government spokesman said Budapest will not back a ban on Russian oil and gas Hungary has denied a report in the German media which claims that the country is prepared to support an EU ban on Russian oil and gas in response to Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. Budapest affirmed its stance on the…

Western leaders are aware of the damage sanctions will inflict on their own economies, Germany admits The year 2022 will see Western countries implementing “a very ambitious policy” of reducing dependence on energy from Russia, with Russian oil set to be phased out by the end of the year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced.  In…

Sheldon Whitehouse has given nearly 300 speeches begging Washington to act on climate change. So count him as unconvinced that Republicans are going to suddenly cut a bipartisan climate deal. “They’re just not capable of that,” the Rhode Island Democratic senator observed. “There’s literally nothing happening in the bipartisan effort. One Republican senator showed up…

When they nearly took down President Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal last fall, few House progressives realized it may have been their last chance to shape his agenda for years. Soon after that failed effort, their fears of centrists tanking a party-line social spending bill filled with liberal priorities became reality. Attempts to claw back pieces…