The House Ways and Means Committee managed to get a hold of Donald Trump's tax returns, which he has refused to release since he became a candidate. He is also under investigation by DOJ for possibly having spirited away classified documents. And there's a possibility that the committee will decide to release those returns publicly.
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the former president is long and winding. The UN’s biodiversity summit ended with a historic but still unsatisfying agreement. And our language columnist presents his choice for word of the year.
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