Pelosi announces select committee to probe Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans to convene a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.“The gleeful desecration of the Capitol resulted in multiple deaths, physical harm of over 140 members of law enforcement, and terror and trauma among staff, workers and members,” Pelosi told reporters at a press conference Thursday. She’s never once talked to me about it.”____Read more from Yahoo News:A murdered journalist's years-long relationship with Osama bin LadenRubio pushes for new China sanctions amid questions over coronavirus lab leak theoryHow climate change will affect what we eatIs Obamacare finally safe after the latest court win?At a news conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the formation of a House Select Committee to investigate the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, after Republicans blocked the formation of an independent panel.A draft report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that unless drastic and immediate action is taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperatures from rising further, life on earth is poised for a catastrophic reckoning.While Google has narrowly missed its original timeline, it's now starting to roll out its Fi VPN service to Apple phones on its MVNO network.The United States said the international community should be "concerned" about arms sales to the military junta in Myanmar without mentioning any suppliers by name.The warning will come after a CDC advisory panel said data suggests​ a "likely association" between the vaccines and rare cases of heart inflammation in teens and young adults.Russian defense officials are boasting about a standoff with a British warship in the Black Sea, irritating London by claiming to have fired warning shots at the United Kingdom’s vessel.(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden celebrated his tentative deal with a group of Democratic and Republican senators on a $579 billion infrastructure plan, saying it would create millions of jobs while fulfilling a major piece of his economic agenda.The group of senators, who had been negotiating among themselves and with the White House for weeks, “has come together to forge an agreement that will create millions of American jobs and modernize our American infrastructure,” Biden said at the WhitThere has been a decided shift in how Democrats talk about voter ID over the past few weeks, and new comments from former Attorney General Eric Holder illustrate the change.Google has unveiled its first Android smartphone built jointly with Jio, the Indian mobile network it acquired a stake in last year.Despite more than a decade of GOP attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the law is still mostly in tact.Facing a surge in shootings and homicides and persistent Republican attacks on liberal criminal-justice policies, Democrats from the White House to Brooklyn Borough Hall are rallying with sudden confidence around a politically potent cause: funding the police.