Politics
Worried About 2024’s Election Being Stolen? Pay Attention To 2022 First.
House and Senate races can be overturned by a majority vote. In an era of lies about stolen elections, that can get messy fast.
Paul McLeod
Two Days After Calling For Voting Rights Reform From Georgia, Biden Said Democrats Have “Missed This Time”
“I hope we can get this done, but the honest to god answer is I don’t know,” Biden said.
Nidhi Prakash
The Supreme Court Blocked A Vaccine Mandate For Private Companies, But Allowed One For Healthcare Workers
The court ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was empowered to "set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures."
David Mack
The Founder Of The Oath Keepers Has Been Charged With Seditious Conspiracy
The case against Rhodes and 10 others is the first sedition case brought in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Ken Bensinger
This Clothing Company Has Close Ties To Xinjiang, Where Forced Labor Is Rampant
Amid rising tensions and the approaching Beijing Olympics, the US banned Xinjiang cotton last year. But Hugo Boss still took shipments from Esquel, which gins cotton in Xinjiang.
Alison Killing
Biden Made His Most Forceful Rebuke Of Republicans Yet Over Voting Rights, But There’s Still No Progress On Reforms
Joe Biden’s speech in Georgia was “stirring,” but the two major voting rights bills are still far from becoming law.
Nidhi Prakash
Congressional Staff Pressed Justice Department Officials For Safety Plans Before The Capitol Riot
“Soooo this has taken a turn for the worse,” one congressional staffer wrote to federal law enforcement agencies during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Kadia Goba
Donald Trump Is Once Again In Court Arguing He Can’t Be Sued For What He Said While President
Trump wants a judge to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Zoe Tillman
A Coalition Of Voting Rights Groups Will Skip Biden's Speech In Georgia
“What we're saying is we don't need another speech. What we need is actually a plan.”
Nidhi Prakash
A Judge Had Zero Patience For An Alleged Capitol Rioter’s Request To Travel To Jamaica
Chief Judge Beryl Howell wrote that approving such a request was not the right way to “commemorate” the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack.
Zoe Tillman
After A Year Of Mostly Avoiding Trump, Biden Condemned Him On The Anniversary Of The Insurrection
In Biden’s clearest and most prolonged denunciation of Trump from the executive office, he addressed the ongoing threats to democracy related to his predecessor's brand of politics.
Lissandra Villa
Republicans Bailed On Congress’s Capitol Riot Commemorations. Except For…Dick Cheney?
Democrats, at least for a minute, are very happy to shake Dick Cheney's hand.
Kadia Goba
A Year After Jan. 6, An Exhibit Tries To Unravel What Happened That Day
The Bronx Documentary Center’s exhibit on Jan. 6 looks at not only one day, but the years that led up to it.
Pia Peterson
Biden And Harris Issued A Dire Warning: Democracy Is In Danger And Political Violence Is A Threat One Year After The Jan. 6 Attack
"Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm?" President Joe Biden asked during a speech at the US Capitol.
Nidhi Prakash
These Numbers Tell The Story Of Jan. 6 One Year Into The Prosecution
More than 700 people charged, 174 guilty pleas, and 74 sentences. And an unknown number of cases to go. This is where the sprawling legal effort stands one year in.
Zoe Tillman
The Threat Posed By Domestic Extremists Is Even Greater A Year After The Capitol Attack
“The threat of extremism today is perhaps less obvious. … But what’s happening is gravely serious,” one expert said.
Christopher Miller
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended
Greene is the first member of Congress to have her personal political account banned from Twitter.
David Mack
So You Admitted To Participating In The Insurrection. Now What?
Judges are figuring out in real time what the consequences should be for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Zoe Tillman
“My Human Rights Are Being Violated”: Fighting A Family Guardianship
People with disabilities often must speak up for “dignity of risk”: the right to make choices freely, good and bad. This is Marie's story.
Katie J.M. Baker
8 Important Findings From BuzzFeed News’ Investigation Into Guardianships
Guardians who follow the rules can be very helpful for people with disabilities. But some people under guardianship have been abused, neglected, and killed.
Katie J.M. Baker
Harry Reid, The Former Senator Synonymous With Nevada Politics, Has Died At 82
Reid spent more than 30 years in Congress, and the international airport in Las Vegas was officially renamed after him this month.
Sarah Mimms
The Culture Wars Aren’t Real. The People They Hurt Are.
The media allowed misinformation to frame “debates” about trans identity and race in education. That has to change.
Alessa Dominguez
Several People Who Attended A Midterm Strategy Event For Democrats In South Carolina Tested Positive For COVID
The outbreak comes as the Omicron variant has spread quickly across the United States.
Kadia Goba
Biden Has Extended A Pause On Student Loan Payments Due To The Latest COVID Surge
“We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments,” the president said.
Nicole Fallert
Biden Is Calling Out Anti-Vaxxers And Vaccine Misinformation As Omicron Sweeps The US
“Your choice is not just about you. Your choice affects other people. You're putting other people at risk."
Nidhi Prakash
A Bland White House Email Could've Killed Joe Biden's Agenda
Or at least it's a bland White House email that Joe Manchin's friends are blaming for the possible end of the Build Back Better Act.
Paul McLeod
Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Will Vote No On The Build Back Better Act, Which Would Kill Joe Biden’s Signature Bill
The Democrats’ landmark social program and climate change bill may be dead.
Paul McLeod
A Man Who Attacked Police With A Fire Extinguisher On Jan. 6 Will Spend Five Years In Prison
“It has to be made clear that trying to violently overthrow the government … is going to be met with absolutely certain punishment,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
Zoe Tillman
The House Voted To Find Trump’s Former Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows In Contempt For Defying The Jan. 6 Committee
What happens next is up to the Department of Justice.
Matt Berman
A Man Who Texted About "Putting A Bullet" In Nancy Pelosi’s Head After Jan. 6 Was Sentenced To 28 Months In Prison
“These kinds of statements cannot be shrugged off,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said. “They cannot be erased by adding ‘LOL’ at the end.”
Zoe Tillman
