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![Judge Brett Kavanaugh gets up for a break during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on September 4, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0723-brett-kavanaugh-400x300.jpg)
FBI Admits It Got 4,500 Tips on Kavanaugh But Didn’t Investigate Them
Democratic senators criticized the FBI for not looking into the tips, calling the process “misleading as hell.”
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 1, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0721-pelosi-400x300.jpg)
Pelosi Pledges to Move Forward on Jan 6 Commission, With or Without GOP Support
“It is my responsibility as the speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth of this,” Pelosi said on Thursday.
![A Trump helicopter pictured at Trump Turnberry in Scotland, on June 28, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0723-trump-helicopter-400x300.jpg)
Trump Foreign Business Dealings Draw Scrutiny as New York Probe Ramps Up
Trump raked in more than $230 million in revenue from his interests in foreign countries from 2016 to 2020.
![Members of The National Council, Life After Release, Maryland Justice Project and Out for Justice demonstrate outside of the Department of Justice on behalf of Gwendolyn Levi and the more than 4,000 people released under the CARES Act, on June 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/national-council-for-incarcerated-and-formerly-incarcerated-women-and-girls-free-gwen-levi-rally-dc-2-400x300.jpg)
Biden Upholds Last-Minute Trump Memo That Would Send 4,000 People Back to Prison
Thousands of people released because of the pandemic now face reincarceration.
![President Donald Trump hugs the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29, 2020, in National Harbor, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0722-donald-trump-flag-400x300.jpg)
Newly Released Trump Audio Shows He Viewed Capitol Attackers as “Loving Crowd”
Trump bragged to journalists that his loyalists “showed up” on January 6 “to show support” for his false claims of fraud
![Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks at the White House on June 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0722-merrick-garland-400x300.jpg)
Departing Trump-Era Practices, Garland Pushes DOJ Independence From White House
A DOJ memo says the goal is to keep the department “free from the appearance or reality of inappropriate influence.”
![The Trump International Hotel is seen though security fencing on June 2, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0722-trump-hotel-400x300.jpg)
Trump Properties Draw Far Less Campaign Spending in 2021 From PACs
The drop in political spending comes at a precarious time for the Trump Organization.
![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during his news conference on July 21, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0721-kevin-mccarthy-400x300.jpg)
McCarthy Pulls Out of Jan. 6 Committee After Pelosi Nixes Trump-Allied Picks
The House minority leader demanded that Pelosi capitulate to his demands for the committee that she created.
![Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0721-capitol-breach--400x300.jpg)
Investigating Trump Is “Absolutely” a Possibility, Says Jan 6 Commission Chair
The committee will also investigate lawmakers' actions in Congress that day, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's.
![Donald Trump points at his fans in front of a large banner reading "CPAC"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0721-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Has Convinced His Followers He’s About to Return to Office This Summer
While Trump will not be reinstated, it’s hard to over-emphasize the dangers that Trumpism poses to U.S. democracy.