Updated: As US Capitol attack hearings open, Republican says Trump “lit the flame”
Updated 3.30pm (AEST)Washington DC, USReuters The congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat presented testimony on Thursday showing that close allies – even his daughter – rejected his false claims of voting fraud. The US House of Representatives select committee probing the […]
Liz Cheney, ousted from the Republican Party leadership in the US, invokes Pope and the ‘power of faith’
Washington, USRNS On the eve of her removal from the House Republican leadership in the US for failing to back President Donald Trump’s attacks on the 2020 election, US Representative Liz Cheney cited principles she insisted were foundational for many conservatives such as herself: the US Constitution, the rule of law and faith. In a […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, A FIGHT OVER ‘SO HELP ME GOD’? GOD HELP US
Writing from the US, Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, posits a way forward in the fight over whether “so help me God” should be dropped from oaths made before legislative committees…