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![Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Press Club on November 30, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0105-mike-pence-400x300.jpg)
Jan. 6 Committee Wants Pence to Testify — and It Could Be Aired on Prime-Time TV
The January 6 commission has not yet formally requested that the former vice president testify.
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Far Right Organizing Has Shifted to the Local Level, Making It Harder to Track
Thursday marks one year since a violent mob of thousands of Trump supporters descended on the U.S. Capitol.
![President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, arrives to meet with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on January 4, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0104-biden-harris-covid-400x300.jpg)
Capitalism Is Preventing Bold Steps to Curb COVID as Cases Skyrocket
The president needs to get a handle on this at long last, and stop mollifying capitalists with exercises in futility.
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Happy New Year! A Reflection on 20 Years at Truthout
That’s the thing about tomorrow: It’s only a rumor.
![A family arrives at an improvised camp of asylum seekers and refugees at El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on December 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1230-mexico-encampment-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Seeks to Overturn Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy
The policy forces asylum seekers to stay out of the U.S. while awaiting court arrangements.
![President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Opa Locka, Florida, on November 2, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1230-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Trump Sues January 6 House Committee Because It Might Find Trump Wrongdoing
This tactic has already failed, so of course Trump's legal team is trying it again.
![Members of the Proud Boys march in Manhattan against vaccine mandates on November 20, 2021, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1230-proud-boys-400x300.jpg)
Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021
Despite anti-fascists’ best hopes, far right forces have remained active and Trumpists within the GOP are empowered.
![President Donald Trump claps during a rally at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, on November 4, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1229-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Historians Warn the GOP Is Pushing Nation Toward Trump-Based Authoritarianism
Far right Republicans must lose the midterms and the 2024 presidential race to ensure democracy survives, they said.
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Oklahoma Republican Wants to Deputize Private Citizens to Sue School Districts
The latest thing in GOP politics? Creating culture war bounty hunters.
![Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1229-capitol-january-6-400x300.jpg)
At Least 13 Republicans Who Participated in Jan. 6 Attack Are Running for Office
Two of the candidates are facing federal charges in relation to the attempted coup.