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As the N.F.L. was investigating his team for widespread workplace misconduct, the Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder directed a “shadow investigation” to interfere with and undermine its findings, a Congressional committee found. At Snyder’s behest, the committee said, his legal team used private investigators to harass and intimidate witnesses, and created a 100-page dossier targeting victims, witnesses and journalists who had shared “credible public accusations of harassment” against the team. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform released a 29-page memo on Wednesday that detailed the findings of its eight-month inquiry into how the Commanders and the N.F.L. handled claims of rampant sexual harassment of the team’s female employees. The report was released ahead of Wednesday’s hearing, where the league’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, appeared remotely. Snyder declined two requests to appear, citing a “longstanding business conflict.” At Wednesday’s hearing, … [Read more...] about Panel Finds Daniel Snyder Interfered With Sexual Harassment Investigation

38 Politics & Government Panel hears how Trump pressured Vice President Mike Pence in vulgar private taunts and public entreaties to stop Biden's certification. Associated Press , News Partner Posted Replies WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat came into ever-clearer focus Thursday, with testimony describing his pressuring Vice President Mike Pence in vulgar private taunts and public entreaties to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the run-up to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Trump's closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts to halt congressional certification of his loss as "nuts," "crazy" and even likely to incite riots if Pence followed through, witnesses revealed in stark testimony Thursday. The panel revealed how Trump put his vice president in danger as Pence was presiding over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, when the defeated president … [Read more...] about Panel Sharpens Focus on Trump’s ‘Crazy’ Jan. 6 Plan

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee launched under deep political skepticism: What more could be said about the deadly insurrection at the Capitol in 2021 that played out for all the world to see? Quite a lot, it turns out. The public hearings this month are showing in vivid and clear detail just how close the United States came to a constitutional crisis when President Donald Trump refused to admit his election defeat. Trump tried to use the powers of the presidency to stop Democrat Joe Biden from being certified the winner. When that didn't work, Trump summoned a mob to the Capitol. Despite the unprecedented Capitol attack, the hearings carry echoes from U.S. history. Like the Watergate hearings 50 years ago, the 1/6 committee has depicted a president “detached from reality,” as Trump's attorney general, Bill Barr, … [Read more...] about Jan. 6: Pressure, unsung heroes and Trump’s Watergate echoes

Following Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade , abortion providers and clinics across the U.S. are grappling with a new national landscape in which state legislatures will determine whether abortion providers can continue administering care . One such institution navigating this new reality is the Houston Women's Clinic, which posted a sign outside its San Jacinto Street offices on Friday morning following Roe's overturning. Texas lawyer and former NASA engineer Poppy Northcutt tweeted a photo of herself in front of the banner, which announced "HWC is no longer able to provide abortion care." "A really sad day to see this sign go up this morning at Houston's Women's Clinic and to see patients being turned away," Northcutt tweeted. "This clinic had been the 4th largest provider of abortions in the USA." A really sad day to see this sign go up this morning at Houston Women’s Clinic and to see patients being turned away. This clinic had been the 4th … [Read more...] about Houston Women’s Clinic posts sign saying it will no longer provide abortion care after Supreme Court Roe decision