The new guidelines come nearly a year after some current and former service members participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Jan. 6 panel seeks interview, records from Republican Rep. Scott Perry
Perry allegedly pushed the Justice Department to overturn the election and met with the president before the attack.
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Democrats will try to rebuild after Manchin tanks $2 trillion package
But the next steps remain highly uncertain for the president and his party.
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Stacey Abrams seeks national voting rights action before 2022 race
The Democrat is launching a second bid to become Georgia’s governor after losing narrowly to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018.
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Senate confirms big slate of Biden ambassadors
The Senate has confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees.
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Trump sues New York attorney general in effort to end probe of his business practices
Letitia James is looking at whether the Trump Organization misled banks or tax officials about the value of assets – inflating them to gain favorable loan terms or minimizing them to reap tax savings.
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Leftist millennial wins election as Chile’s next president
Gabriel Boric handily defeats a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump – who immediately conceded.
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U.K. prime minister reeling from one crisis to another
Boris Johnson is advised to ignore the political noise and base his policies on science, as infections reach record highs
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Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies at 76
He was the architect of a popular tax credit for first-time home buyers and worked to expand veterans’ private health care options.
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Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2 trillion bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back a $2 trillion social safety net bill.