The committee will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department but has not disclosed who the targets would be.
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Trump Organization was secretly held in contempt for hindering probe
The $4,000 fine precedes company’s criminal tax fraud conviction this month.
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Georgia secretary of state wants to end general election runoffs
The push by the Republican comes after high-profile Senate races went into overtime this year and in 2020.
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Congress passes bill to fund police de-escalation training
The proposal will now go to President Biden’s desk for his signature.
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Bill to protect electoral vote counts could pass next week, but time is short
Congressional leaders say reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act will be attached to a giant federal spending bill headed for a vote before Congress adjourns.
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Talbot Ross soaks in historic role in Legislature
Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, became emotional as she described being unprepared for the moment she took the gavel for the first time.
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Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it ‘a blow against hate’
The Respect for Marriage Act is intended to safeguard same-sex unions if the Supreme Court ever reverses Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Two state senators propose smaller heating aid plan
A bipartisan proposal to help Mainers afford heat and electricity this winter would drastically scale back Gov. Janet Mills’ $474 million emergency package that Senate Republicans blocked last week.
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Prosecutor says Oath Keepers saw Jan. 6 as ‘first battle’ in war
Jurors have heard a prosecutor’s opening statements for a second seditious conspiracy trial against members of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Congress eyes 1 week of funding to avoid government shutdown
Republicans and Democrats are at odds mostly over how much should be allocated for non-defense spending in the next fiscal year.