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Steve Bannon, former adviser to former President Donald Trump, on Sept. 8, 2022 in New York City.

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for flouting House Jan. 6 panel

Carrie Johnson

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.

Balloons decorate a 2019 event leading up to the 2020 census in Boston. The U.S. House has passed a bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other future counts from political interference.

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A bill to block census interference passed the House. Its Senate path is unclear

Hansi Lo Wang

The U.S. House has passed a bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference. But it's not clear how much support the bill has in the Senate.

A local law enforcement officer is seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach, Fla., home, on Aug. 9, the day after it was searched by FBI agents for classified documents.

A federal judge says she will rule later on Trump's special master request

Deepa Shivaram

A federal judge is not yet ruling on former President Donald Trump's request for a special master, saying she will enter a written order at some point.

Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched Trump's estate to look for classified documents.

US: Review of possibly privileged Trump papers already over

Eric Tucker | Associated Press

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., appears at an Election Day gathering in Jackson, Wyo., to concede defeat in a GOP primary to Harriet Hageman, who was backed by former President Trump. Cheney vows that she will carry on her work to make sure Trump doesn't return to the presidency.

Liz Cheney is considering a presidential run to stop Trump after losing her House seat

Deirdre Walsh

Liz Cheney's sustained criticism of former President Trump made her one of his top political targets. She's now laying out her plans to make sure he never wins back the White House.

Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, confers with Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, prior to their testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing

Ximena Bustillo

Tuesday's hearing looks at the role of groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — and the groups' possible connection to former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the current chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, who's shown here in 2018, has introduced a bill to try to protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference.

A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference

Hansi Lo Wang

After years of census meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill that could help protect future counts from interference.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left) and opposition leader/interim President Juan Guaido

The U.S. and the world are dealing with Venezuela's Maduro again. What about Guaidó?

Tim Padgett

Turns out Nicolás Maduro's still the guy the world has to talk to in Venezuela. But recognizing Juan Guaidó as the country's legitimate president is still a useful tool.

An image of former President Donald Trump talking to his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is displayed as Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, testifies about events around the Capitol insurrection to the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Trump's legal exposure may be growing – and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

Domenico Montanaro

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath about a volatile and angry president who was prone to throwing dishes, knew that supporters were armed and didn't want the riot to stop.

Gov. Brian Kemp trounced Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary.

3 reasons Trump's influence took a big hit in Tuesday's primaries

Domenico Montanaro

You'd be hard-pressed to find two Republican incumbents who drew more of Donald Trump's ire than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both won big on Tuesday.

FILE - The Ramos family cooks dinner over a fire outside their storm-damaged home a week after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island, in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Oct. 5, 2022. Cuba's energy crisis has once again thrust the Caribbean island into the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between its seaside neighbor, the United States, and ally, Russia. Cuba sees the need to ease U.S. sanctions at the same time that it is benefitting from an influx of Russian oil. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Ron DeSantis criticizes Biden's move to lift some Trump-era restrictions on Cuba

Jim Turner

Governor Ron DeSantis is speaking out against the Biden administration’s move to lift some Trump-era restrictions on Cuba

A stretch of border wall near Yuma, Ariz., in 2019.

On immigration, advocates say a 'shadow Trump administration' is tying Biden's hands

Joel Rose

A federal judge in Louisiana holds a hearing today about the future of Title 42. Immigrant advocates say it's the latest attempt by Republican-led states to block Biden's immigration agenda in court.