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Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt 

Mary Claire Jalonik and Farnoush Amiri / AP NEWS

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.

Still defending his supporters who broke into the Capitol that day, Trump has aggressively tried to block the committee’s work by directing Bannon and others not to answer questions in the probe. Trump has also filed a lawsuit to try to prevent Congress from obtaining former White House documents.

But lawmakers have made clear they will not back down as they gather facts and testimony about the attack involving Trump’s supporters that left dozens of police officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. See video here.

Chicago Alderman: We Can't Afford to Lose Anymore Police Officers Over Vaccine Mandate

Julio Rosas / Townhall Tipsheet

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has been in a public battle with the Chicago police union over their resistance to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate but now Chicago aldermen are voicing their opposition to how the situation has been handled.

The deadline for all city employees to submit their COVID-19 vaccination status via an online portal passed last Friday. Officers who did not report their vaccination status have since been stripped of their police powers and put on no pay.

"I think she’s aware of the situation we’re in right now in terms of the potential impact on public safety. We’re already short police officers. We’re down, you know, probably about 20 percent from where our peak staffing levels were a few years ago, so we’re short patrol officers, we’re — we’ve been unsuccessful like jurisdictions all across the country at recruiting young people to choose careers in...Read more and see tweet and video here.