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Ron Johnson embroiled in controversy over staff handing Pence fake electors list
Conservative Sen. Ron Johnson , who faces a tough re-election race this year, finds himself embroiled in new controversy after the House Jan. 6 Select Committee revealed Tuesday that his staff attempted to hand a list of fake electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Johnson is facing tough questions about how much he knew of his staff's effort to get Pence to recognize an alternate set of electors for Michigan and Wisconsin, two critical states that helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election.
Johnson on Wednesday declined to say whether he authorized his aide Sean Riley to hand the list...
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UK's Boris Johnson faces test in two special elections
LONDON - Polls opened Thursday in Britain for two special elections that could deliver a new blow to scandal-tainted Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Wakefield in northern England and the southwestern constituency of Tiverton and Honiton are both electing replacements for Conservative lawmakers who resigned in disgrace. One was convicted of sexual assault; the other was caught looking at pornography in the House of Commons chamber - an episode he explained by saying he was searching for pictures of tractors on his phone.
Defeat in either district would be a setback for the prime...
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UK's Boris Johnson faces test in two special elections
Polls are open for two special elections in England that could deliver a new blow to scandal-tainted Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Damar Hamlin travels to D.C. to push for bill for schools to have AEDs
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Syria reports another missile attack
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