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All eyes are on the video monitors to witness clips of the confrontations as the Congressional Jan 6th commission hearing begins, in Washington, on July 27, 2021.

Two Decades Later, the Lessons of the 9/11 Commission Echo

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. There are a few enduring narratives that, with a...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

In Rejecting Trump Loyalists, Pelosi Defends—and Damns—the Truth About Jan. 6

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her Republican counterpart a...

Thomas Barrack, then-chairman of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee, talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 10, 2017.

Foreign Lobbying Isn’t Inherently Bad—Until There Are Lies

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. About halfway through the second act of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel...

President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the economy at the White House in Washington, on July 19, 2021.

Tomorrow’s Infrastructure Vote Iffy, At Best

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Democratic Senator from West Virginia Joe Manchin speaks to reporters after President Joe Biden met with lawmakers seeking their support for his two-bill approach to infrastructure spending in the Capitol in Washington, on July 14, 2021.

Why Congress Deserves Its Own Emmy Category

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. As Emmy nominations came out this week, one couldn’t...

Representative Kevin McCarthy in the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington, on June 14, 2021

By Making the Jan. 6 Probe Political, Republicans Stand to Re-Run Benghazi Playbook

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Welcome back, Benghazi. Washington has hardly missed the rancor...

Congressmen Rep. Marc Veasey speaks alongside Texas state House Democrats during a news conference on voting rights outside the Capitol in Washington on July 13, 2021.

Renegade Lawmakers May Be No Match for Trump’s GOP

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