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![Sen. Ron Johnson speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on December 16, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0223-ron-johnson-400x300.jpg)
GOP Senator on Investigations Committee Blames “Fake Trump Supporters” for Jan 6
Sen. Ron Johnson read into the record a widely debunked conspiracy theory.
![President Trump leaves after speaking at a Make America Great Again rally at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, on October 16, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0223-trump-handout-400x300.jpg)
Trump Salary Donation Was 0.1 Percent of Reported $1.6 Billion He Made in Office
Financial disclosures show that Trump earned over $1.6 billion from his own properties, much of it at taxpayer expense.
![Sen. Ted Cruz attends a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0223-ted-cruz-400x300.jpg)
Unrepentant About His CancĂşn Trip, Ted Cruz Blames Media for Publicizing It
The Texas Republican claimed the media's “Trump withdrawal” was the reason why his own story got so much coverage.
![President Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on January 31, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0223-trump-w-400x300.jpg)
Trump Attacks Supreme Court for Allowing Probe Into His Tax Returns
Trump called the probe into his taxes a fishing expedition and compared it to fascism.
![President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden stand with Vice Presidential-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff during a moment of silence at a COVID memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,January 19, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0222-lincoln-memorial-400x300.jpg)
Biden Will Hold Candle Lighting Ceremony to Mark 500,000 US Deaths From COVID
The number of deaths due to COVID is equal to the combined number of U.S. deaths in World War II and the Vietnam War.
![An anti-mask protestor holds up a sign in front of the Ohio Statehouse during a right-wing protest at the State Capitol on July 18, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0222-no-masks-sign-400x300.jpg)
Republicans’ Politicization of Mask-Wearing May Have Killed Tens of Thousands
The partisan rift on mask-wearing sown early in the pandemic persists today as Republican leaders lift mask mandates.
![Trump Tower is seen in New York City on February 13, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0222-trump-tower-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Block Taxes From Manhattan DA
“The work goes on,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance tweeted minutes after the decision was announced.
![President Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally in Dalton, Georgia, on January 4, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0222-trump-b-400x300.jpg)
Republicans Are Keeping Trump’s Big Lie About a “Stolen” Election Alive
The Big Lie about the stolen election has opened the door for a wave of voter suppression not seen in decades.
![President Trump speaks at Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center on October 3, 2019, in The Villages, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0222-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump to Push Himself as GOP’s “Presumptive 2024 Nominee” at CPAC, Report Says
While most GOP-leaning voters would like Trump to run again, most Americans overall want him to leave politics entirely.
![Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA, arrives to appear before a closed door session of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, November 30, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-883192474-scaled-e1613929687201-400x300.jpg)
Prominent Trump Ally Illegally Supplied Libyan Warlord With Armed Mercenaries
A new report says Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of the mercenary firm Blackwater, violated a UN arms embargo.