Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official involved in former President Donald J. Trump’s frenzied efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, refused to cooperate on Friday with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, leading to a sharp rebuke from the committee’s chairman. The standoff between Mr. Clark and the committee is the second such confrontation since Congress began investigating the circumstances surrounding the Capitol violence, seeking information on Mr. Trump’s attempts to subvert the election. The House has already voted to find one Trump ally, Stephen K. Bannon, in criminal contempt of Congress for stonewalling the inquiry.

Under federal law, any person summoned as a congressional witness who refuses to comply can face a misdemeanor charge that carries a fine of $100 to $100,000 and a jail sentence of one month to one year.

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Companies with more than 100 employees will be mandated to require coronavirus vaccinations for their workers or do regular testing by Jan. 4 under the terms of a new federal rule released Thursday by the Biden administration.

The issue, which is being implemented on an emergency basis by the Department of Labor, is one of the White House’s most strenuous attempts to increase vaccination rates across the country.

The policy is already being contested by a number of Republicans, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he planned to sue the federal government to block the policy, calling it an “illegal, unconstitutional regulation.”

The new policy would require weekly testing and mandatory face-masking for workers who choose not to get vaccinated. It also specifies that employers must provide paid time off for workers to get vaccinated or recover from any side effects. But companies are able to require unvaccinated employees to foot the bill for tests.

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Facing pushback by conservative-leaning members in their ranks, Democratic leaders put their $1.85 trillion social policy, climate and tax package on hold today, instead moving toward a vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. 

The retreat came after centrist Democrats balked at supporting the social policy plan without a formal estimate of its cost and economic impact. Hoping to convey movement toward approving it, House leaders said they would hold a procedural vote that would allow consideration of the measure sometime in the future, with hopes of passing it by Thanksgiving.

But the delay was a setback for President Biden and Democratic congressional leaders, who had hoped to pass both measures today after weeks of feuding between moderates and progressives that has stalled their agenda. An off-year electoral drubbing this week dramatized the stakes. 

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Primetimer’s Power Ranking - The best Streaming Services in October

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Hear what Chip, Karen and all the callers have to say about the Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers once he confirmed that he is unvaccinated against Covid-19 .

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Royal Oakes on the jurry comprised of 11 white jurors, and what evidence the judge will / won't allow.

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ABC's Andy Field reports from Washington DC - "no one has control - the tail’s wagging the dog".

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Apparently there's some confusion over what the Delta Variant is... Spoiler Alert: IT's COVID -19

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Chip bumped into Dave Chappelle today. Find out how that went down, and hear from Nikki Medoro how his show went last night as he filmed his next special.

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