The Republican divisions posing problems for Representative Kevin McCarthy have been playing out not only on the House floor but also in his hometown, a red area of blue California.
Documents obtained through a lawsuit reveal how biases led to the deadly August 2021 blunder, and that officials made misleading statements concealing their assessment of civilian casualties.
The G.O.P. leader hoped a proposed agreement would sway a critical mass of defectors to support him. But no votes had yet moved, and it was unclear if he could pick up enough converts.
The Republican holdouts are showing that party leaders’ usual methods of arm-twisting no longer work. “It’s not about policies, it’s about the fight,” said one former operative.
The Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol attack, already the largest it has ever conducted, has resulted in 900 arrests, with the potential for scores or hundreds more to come.
The Presidential Citizens Medal will honor those who resisted efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including law enforcement officers and Rusty Bowers, the former House speaker in Arizona.
The court said the former president had to provide the government the names of private investigators he hired to search his properties last year for any classified material still in his possession.