Plus: What to Expect From House’s Partisan Probe of Capitol Riot (Lucas/Parisi/McIntyre)
July 27 2021
Good morning from Washington, where a House committee with only two Republicans begins to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Fred Lucas brings us up to speed, and also reports on the likelihood that the Justice Department will look into whether Anthony Fauci lied to Congress. On the podcast, Rep. Andy Biggs argues that vaccine mandates are un-American. Plus: the return of inflation; what health care is really like in Cuba; China sanctions a former U.S. commerce secretary; and Sen. Rick Scott’s budget road trip continues. Twenty-five years ago today, a nail-laced pipe bomb explodes in a park in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring over 100.
“The Congress and country face a time of challenge no less daunting for the fate of our democracy,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, comparing the Civil War with the Jan. 6 riot.
China sanctions former Trump official Wilbur Ross and six other U.S. individuals or entities in retaliation for human rights penalties levied against the communist government.
The truth is that lawful gun ownership doesn’t lie at the heart of gun-related violence. Guns in the hands of peaceable citizens actually may be part of the solution.
