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Today’s edition of quick hits.

Pence was willing to ignore the Jan. 6 committee. Blowing off the Justice Department, which has some questions for him, would be something else entirely.

“Next year," Kevin McCarthy vowed, "Republicans will start every day of Congress with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance." But Congress already does this.

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

Georgia's Herschel Walker is reportedly getting a tax break in Texas on his Dallas-area home that’s intended “only for a primary residence.”

Exactly five weeks ago today, Kevin McCarthy said no one in the Biden administration deserves to be impeached. So why is he saying something different now?

For the former president, a setback at the Supreme Court was a problem. A court hearing in the Mar-a-Lago scandal, however, was even more alarming.

Kevin McCarthy’s odds of becoming House Speaker “seem to be dropping every day.” The question is what he intends to do about it.

Today’s edition of quick hits.

Donald Trump hoped the Supreme Court would help him keep his tax returns hidden from congressional Democrats. That’s not what happened.