Politics
Alleged Jan. 6 Rioters Tried To Steal Signs, Booze, And A Fox News Football From The Capitol
Court documents in dozens of cases show the scale of the chaos at the Capitol, from kicked-in doors to a stolen bottle of bourbon.
Lauren Teruya
Biden Is Already Facing Pushback From His Own Base On Judicial Nominees
“We want to push the administration to be better. It’s not just, ‘You’re not Trump.’”
Zoe Tillman
Prince Philip, The Husband Of Queen Elizabeth II, Has Died At 99
The prince was a central figure in British public life for almost three-quarters of a century.
David Mack
Biden Signed Narrow Gun Control Measures And Begged Congress To Act On The Big Reforms
President Joe Biden announced he is cracking down on “ghost guns," but major changes like universal background checks and an assault rifle ban are up in the air.
Paul McLeod
Stop Freaking Out: You Probably Already Have Some Type Of Vaccine Passport
Schools, international travel, and military service — people in the US already have to prove they are vaccinated against many diseases.
Scott Lucas
Prosecutors Are Nearing A Cooperation Deal With A Man Accused Of Using Bear Spray Against Capitol Police
Jon Schaffer, who wore an Oath Keepers hat on Jan. 6, has been doing “debrief” interviews and is a potential cooperator, according to a court filing that was mistakenly posted publicly.
Zoe Tillman
The Progressive Group That Helped Bring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Congress Is Launching Its First Primary Challenge Of 2022
Odessa Kelly, 39, is taking on an incumbent Democrat in Tennessee. She would be the first openly gay Black woman elected to Congress.
Addy Baird
Two Members Of The Oath Keepers Who Allegedly Rode A “Grand Theft” Golf Cart To The Capitol Riot Were Indicted
Two more members of the Oath Keepers were added to the government’s conspiracy case. Their conversations while riding to the riot are detailed in a new indictment.
Jessica Garrison
An Alleged Capitol Rioter Will Stay In Jail After He Threatened To Lynch A Capitol Police Officer
Garret Miller also tweeted “Assassinate AOC” after the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Warning: This article contains graphic racist language.)
Zoe Tillman
Four People — Including A 9-Year-Old Boy — Were Killed In A Mass Shooting In California
“It appears that a little boy died in his mother’s arms as she was trying to save him during this horrific massacre,” the Orange County district attorney said.
Ade Onibada
A Judge Ruled Trump’s Campaign Can’t Enforce An Ex-Staffer’s “Unduly Burdensome” Nondisclosure Agreement
The decision keeps alive a legal fight that could end up voiding all NDAs signed by staffers who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Zoe Tillman
Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is No Green New Deal, Progressives Said
“I think it’s a step towards our vision of a Green New Deal,” an activist from the Sunrise Movement said. They just think it falls far short.
Zahra Hirji
The Pandemic Is Ending, And The Optimized, Ever-Distant Future Is Probably Coming Back
Because there was no end in sight, the pandemic paused the idea of a future where the tech disruption would end, the economy would level out, and we'd ascend to our final post–social media forms. And some things looked ridiculous inside.
Katherine Miller
The Lawsuits Against Donald Trump Are Stacking Up Over "Stop The Steal"
In the latest case, two US Capitol Police officers sued Trump for the injuries they sustained during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Zoe Tillman
Biden Announced An Aggressive First Push To Diversify The Federal Courts
The White House announced judicial nominees who would break barriers if confirmed.
Zoe Tillman
Prosecutors Dropped A High-Profile Fight To Keep Two Alleged Capitol Rioters In Jail
A judge ordered Eric Munchel and Lisa Eisenhart released to home detention.
Zoe Tillman
“Sorry For The War” Is An Honest And Brutal Portrayal Of America
“In some way, everyone in this country is incriminated by the violence contained in the photographs in this book.”
Pia Peterson
A Court Made It Harder For Prosecutors To Keep Capitol Riot Defendants Behind Bars
The DC Circuit ruling was applied almost immediately to two defendants in the Oath Keepers conspiracy case who were granted bond.
Zoe Tillman
What The Past Three Months Have Been Like For QAnon Believers
A millennial stay-at-home mom from South Carolina, a gay couple from Texas, and a social worker in New York believed in QAnon. Now that Biden is president, they’re not sure where to go from here.
Scaachi Koul
Reporters Did Not Ask Biden About The Pandemic But Apparently We're Already Talking About 2024
Sixty-five days into his first term — as 1,000 people a day continue to die of COVID-19 in the US — reporters asked Biden whether he was going to run for reelection.
Ryan Brooks
Biden Said He’s Negotiating With Mexico To Take Back More Families At The Southern Border
With no space to hold the families in US facilities, and Mexico refusing to take them back, they’ve started to be released in Texas border cities.
Hamed Aleaziz
In His First Press Conference, Biden Moved Closer To Supporting Radically Changing How The Senate Works
In his first White House press conference, Biden suggested he could support drastic change to how the Senate works.
Ryan Brooks
These Photos Show The US Has A Long History Of Racism Toward Asian Americans
Photographer Tōyō Miyatake, who was forced into a camp himself, documented the experiences of Japanese Americans during their World War II incarceration by the US government.
Pia Peterson
The Justice Department Is Investigating Officials Who Talked To The Press About The Capitol Riot Investigation
Michael Sherwin, the former acting US Attorney in DC, had told media “the facts” support charging some Capitol rioters with sedition.
Zoe Tillman
Republican Senators’ New Argument Against Stronger Gun Control: It’s Racist
Republican language is changing as party members fight to kill increasingly popular gun control measures in Congress after shootings in Colorado and Georgia.
Paul McLeod
Joe Biden Demanded That The Senate Act On Gun Control After 10 People Were Killed In Colorado
The president called on Congress to close background check loopholes and ban assault weapons after shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta.
Matt Berman
Powerful Scenes From The Colorado Shooting That Left 10 Dead
Ten people, including one police officer, were killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday.
Pia Peterson
Sidney Powell Now Argues “No Reasonable Person” Would Believe Her Voter Fraud Lies Were “Fact”
Powell is facing billion-dollar lawsuits after accusing voting technology companies of rigging the election.
Zoe Tillman
A Judge Ordered Jail For One Of Two Men Charged With Assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick
The case hasn’t revealed concrete information so far about how Sicknick died.
Zoe Tillman
Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Condemned The “Scapegoating" Of Asian Americans After The Shooting In Atlanta
“For the last year, we've had people in positions of incredible power scapegoating Asian Americans," Vice President Kamala Harris said in Atlanta.
Ryan Brooks
