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Donald Trump has officially been barred from making public statements that attacking prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff over the course of his federal 2020 election interference trial. On Monday morning, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan partially granted a request from the Justice Department to restrict Trump’s ability to target individuals …

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s office confirmed on Wednesday that McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings has resigned after he and three other county officials were recorded fantasizing about lynching Black people and hiring hitmen to murder local reporters. The four officials — Jennings, Sheriff Kevin Clardy, Sheriff’s Captain Alicia Manning, and …

The Jan. 6 committee set high expectations when it announced on Monday that it would be holding an emergency hearing on Tuesday, citing “recently obtained evidence.” The hearing did not disappoint, with Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, over the course of just under …

To anyone with a normal, passing familiarity with the Supreme Court, the news earlier this year that a majority of justices were poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that held that a woman’s right to get an abortion was protected by the constitution, probably came as a …

Lawmakers on the Jan. 6 committee will likely be receiving a security detail following an increase in threats against lawmakers in the last 24 hours, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people involved with the investigation. Committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) warned over the weekend that the …

This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletter The mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have provided the latest and most extreme examples of a breathtaking epidemic of gun violence in the United States. More than …

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan —It was around 5:35 p.m. on Saturday when the leaders of the Michigan Republican Party, whose members had spent the day sermonizing about election integrity, realized their nominating convention might be lacking that virtue. This issue revealed itself at an ironic juncture: A runoff to determine who …

The “People’s Convoy” (yes, that is still a thing) has reached the West Coast, where they have been greeted with a less than friendly reception: Bay Area youth tossing raw eggs at the passing vehicles. The incident occurred when the caravan was driving away from the home of Democratic Assemblymember …

America’s War on Terror changed millions of lives irrevocably. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Iraqis, Afghans, Libyans, Yemenis, Somalians, and Syrians saw their homes, jobs, and family members stolen in a two-decade wave of violence that has yet to fully subside. Thousands of people – some guilty, some …

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday became the first Republican to express her support for Ketanji Brown Jackson, all but assuring she will be confirmed as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. It took a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday afternoon for Collins to feel …