As Congress investigates the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots' love for the warplane
A House subcommittee is holding a hearing on the troubled safety record of the Osprey aircraft and whether the program has adequate Pentagon oversight.
Georgia election officials investigate Trump call
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, right, walks to his office in the Capitol Building Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Atlanta. โThe Secretary of Stateโs office investigates complaints it receives. Trump had refused to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden and focused much of his attention on Georgia, a traditionally red state that he narrowly lost. During the Jan. 2 phone call, Trump repeatedly argued that Raffensperger could change the certified results, an assertion the secretary of state firmly rejected. Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, said in a statement that there was โnothing improper or untoward about a scheduled call between President Trump, Secretary Raffensperger and lawyers on both sides.โInvestigators will present their findings to the state election board, which will then decide how to proceed.
Republican projected to win in closely watched NC special election
Harris decided not to run again in the special election. The special election in that Republican-leaning district was called after GOP Rep. Walter Jones, who had represented it since 1995, died in February. Trump cast the special election, and the 2020 presidential election, as a fight for the status quo, describing Democrats as the "America-hating left." The President held a now infamous rally earlier this summer in North Carolina, where the crowd in Greenville chanted, "Send her back!" State election officials have been working to ensure that voters can reach the polls.
What to watch in Tuesday's North Carolina special elections
State investigators' long inquest drew national attention and, after a dramatic February finale, the North Carolina election board voted to re-run the race. In addition to the Bishop-McCready race, voters in the state's 3rd Congressional District will likely be choosing between Republican state Rep. Greg Murphy and Democratic former Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas. Here's what to watch for in North Carolina. Trump has leaned on that message in the run-up to the election, tweeting in August that McCready "likes the 'Squad' more than North Carolina." The Republicans, especially Trump, will take a pair of victories in North Carolina and -- if history is any guide -- celebrate them as a crushing defeat for Democrats.