The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five fellow members, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). All five Republicans are expected no-shows. Public hearings begin June 9. 

Will the hearings be too little, too late a response to the violent attack and attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election? We debate expectations in these three columns Wednesday.

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•Our analysis and reaction to Saturday’s shootings at a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo.

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•Russia’s reaction to Finland’s application for NATO membership. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has since objected to NATO membership applications by both Finland and Sweden charging they harbor “terror” groups including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which are blacklisted by the U.S., European Union and Ankara, according to Aljazeera.