GOP’s Rice loses House seat after voting to impeach Trump

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has been ousted from Congress in his Republican primary after voting to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection. He is the first of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump to lose a reelection bid.

Rice, a five-term congressman, was defeated Tuesday by state Rep. Russell Fry, who was endorsed by Trump. Rice was a strong supporter of Trump’s policies in Washington but said he was left no choice but to impeach Trump over his failure to calm the mob that violently sought to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, another South Carolina Republican who angered Trump, won her GOP primary over her Trumpbacked challenger.

1/6 panel postpones hearing with ex-Justice Dept. officials

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing that was to feature dramatic testimony from former Justice Department officials who were pressured by then-President Donald Trump to pursue his false election fraud theories.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican member of the committee, said on Twitter that the hearing had been moved to next week as a way to “space out” the testimony.

FDA advisers back Moderna’s COVID vaccine for older kids

NEW YORK — A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.

The Food and Drug Administration’s outside experts voted unanimously that Moderna’s vaccine is safe and effective enough to give kids ages 6 to 17. If the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer’s vaccine.