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![White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to the press in Statuary Hall at the Capitol on August 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1209-mark-meadows-400x300.jpg)
Former Trump Aide Mark Meadows Sues to Block Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas
The lawsuit appears to be a delay tactic, one member of the January 6 select committee suggested.
![Mark Meadows watches Donald Trump speak into a microphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1208-trump-meadows-400x300.jpg)
Mark Meadows Expected to Join Other Trumpists Charged With Contempt of Congress
The work of the committee grinds on.
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Matt Gaetz Says He’s Talked to Donald Trump About Becoming Speaker of the House
There's no requirement for the Speaker to be a member of the House of Representatives.
![President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on April 30, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1207-donald-trump-o-400x300.jpg)
Trump Admits He Fired Former FBI Director James Comey to Benefit Himself
Commentators noted that Trump “basically” acknowledged that Comey's termination was to halt the Russia investigation.
![A student is administered a test by a Wild Health nurse during a COVID-19 testing day at Brandeis Elementary School on August 17, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1207-covid-test-400x300.jpg)
Where Are the Damn PCR Tests Already? It’s Been 21 Months!
The staggering lack of easily available testing remains a glaring national crisis.
![Real estate tycoon Stephen Ross, left, and Donald Trump attend the 25th Great Sports Legends Dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria on September 27, 2010, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1207-stephen-ross-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
US Tax Code Is Complicit in Helping Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Game the System
Trump and other ultrarich Americans have earned billions while managing to repeatedly avoid paying federal income tax.
![Joe Biden coughs into his hand at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2012_1206-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Is Approving Oil and Gas Drilling at Faster Rate Than Trump
The Biden administration has approved more permits per month on average than Trump did in 2017, 2018 or 2019.
![Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark speaks next to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1202-jeffrey-clark-400x300.jpg)
January 6 Commission Votes to Forward Contempt Charges for Trump DOJ Official
The commission may drop its recommendation for charges if the former DOJ official agrees to testify in the near future.
![Migrants sit against a fence while waiting to board a border patrol bus after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. on November 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1202-border-patrol-migrants-400x300.jpg)
Biden Admin Reimposes “Remain in Mexico” Policy That Started Under Trump
The Biden White House will expand the Trump-era policy to apply to every asylum seeker in the Western Hemisphere.
![Sen. Ron Johnson speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, September 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1202-ron-johnson-rand-paul-400x300.jpg)
With Omicron in US, GOP Hard-Liners Are Still Trying to Thwart Vaccine Mandates
A government shutdown over COVID protections looms -- even as a concerning new variant spreads.