by Jackie Calmes This was Heroes Week for the House committee investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election defeat and cling to power. So Mike Pence wasn’t there. Real […]
Tag: Jan. 6
GOP wants you to forget, but hearing delivers reminders
Jan. 6, 2021 is a day seared in the minds of most Americans, but as time passes and memories fade, not everyone will recall just how horrific it actually was. […]
Jan. 6 panel makes case against Trump
by Jonathan Bernstein At long last, the House Jan. 6 committee held its first hearing, and made it a pretty good one. Right at the top, Chairman Bennie Thompson gave […]
A Texas teen put his country first
by Robin Abcarian I can barely keep count of the people I know who have had a falling out with family members or friends over Donald Trump, his corrosive racism, […]
Guest essay: Watergate Summer: When truth trumped politics
by Randy Vealey No, I don’t remember it like it was yesterday, but I never forgot the most compelling television programming in my life. In May 1973, I was a […]
Judge delays trial on Jan. 6 charges
Trial has been delayed for Morgantown resident George Tanios and his longtime friend Julian Khater, who are accused of collaborating to use pepperspray against U.S. Capitol police on Jan. 6, […]
SCOTUS has a legitimacy crisis — so does America
by Will Bunch Earlier this month, a speech warning about the dangers of politicizing the U.S. Supreme Court was delivered in Utah by an authoritative, insider source, who cautioned that […]
Tanios trial in Jan. 6 assault may be delayed
George Tanios, former owner of a Morgantown sandwich shop, is working toward a plea agreement on charges that he collaborated to assault U.S. Capitol police officers with pepperspray. U.S. District […]
Derrick Evans pleads guilty in Jan. 6 surge
Derrick Evans, who was elected to be a West Virginia delegate but then never served, could serve up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge related […]
Why it’s necessary to talk about Trump
by Kevin McDermott Every time that this column — or my colleagues’ columns, or the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board — mentions Donald Trump’s name, there’s a segment of readers […]
