Archives for June 2022

Former Vice President Mike Pence told his staff that his statement outlining his reasoning to resist President Trump's pressure to overturn the November 2020 election ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 certification may be "the most important thing I ever say." … [Read more...] about Pence said refuting push to overturn election may be 'most important thing I ever say'

New Mexico's top prosecutor on Thursday told a Republican-led county commission to comply with an order to certify results from its primary election, the latest development in a case arising from far-right conspiracy theories over voting machines that have spread across the country. … [Read more...] about New Mexico AG orders GOP-led county to certify results amid election standoff

The country's eyes are trained on high-profile massacres in Texas and Buffalo, but most mass shootings bear little resemblance to those. … [Read more...] about Gang violence, not lone-wolf attacks, account for most U.S. mass shootings

Raped? $200,000. Infected with a sexually transmitted disease? Add $100,000. Impregnated? Add $200,000. These are among the possible payments for those physically and sexually abused as children at the state-run Youth Development Center, according to preliminary drafts released by the New Hampshire attorney general's office this week. … [Read more...] about New Hampshire outlines youth center abuse settlement process

Retired Judge J. Michael Luttig told the House Jan. 6 Committee on Thursday that former President Donald Trump would have "plunged" the U.S. into its "first constitutional crisis since the founding of the republic" over the 2020 election. … [Read more...] about Judge says Pence undoing 2020 election as Trump sought would have meant 'constitutional crisis'