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Jan. 6 committee staffers told preliminary plan for final report would focus largely on Trump, not on law enforcement failures, sources say

WASHINGTON — Staff members of the Jan. 6 committee were informed last week that the committee’s final report would focus largely on former President Donald Trump and much less on findings about failures by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in the lead up to the attack, three sources familiar with the committee’s work …

Russian lawmakers give preliminary OK to new anti-LGBTQ bill

MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that imposes tough new restrictions on activities to promote LGBTQ rights in the country. A 2013 Russian law banned what authorities deem to be “propaganda” that children might be exposed to concerning “non-traditional sexual relations.” The law has been used to stifle debate in any …