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A Mississippi man is in jail after being charged with threatening to kill Republican Sen. Roger Wicker last week.

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, DC, for their roles to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump is trying to move the New York criminal case regarding hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to federal court, saying the Manhattan district attorney's charges are tied to Trump's duties as president.

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is mired in a contentious and highly personal child support battle with an Arkansas woman who is the mother of one of his daughters.

The Iowa legislature has passed a Republican-led bill that would roll back child labor protections, including the hours teens are allowed to work and the establishments where they can be employed.

Even mass shootings become routine after a while for many Americans not yet directly affected.

First lady Jill Biden and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited the Bronx Children's Museum Wednesday, marking a rare moment where a justice from the nation's highest court appeared at an event with one of the White House principals.

Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed bills into law Wednesday that enshrine abortion rights and protect gender-affirming care.

Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith have been asking questions in recent weeks about the handling of surveillance footage from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort after the Trump Organization received a subpoena last summer for the footage, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation.

Florida lawmakers have passed an array of new restrictions on groups that register voters -- an action that voting rights experts say could make it harder for people of color in the state to register and participate in future elections. The measures now await Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature.

Special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours last week, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

The White House faced another setback to its regulatory agenda Wednesday after Senate Republicans won bipartisan support for two votes, one related to solar panels made with Chinese parts, the second dealing with endangered species protections for the lesser prairie chicken.

The powerful United Auto Workers is holding off on endorsing President Joe Biden's reelection bid, citing concerns over his policies that would encourage a transition to electric vehicles, according to a memo from the union.

Two top congressional Republicans are demanding internal FBI documents that an unnamed whistleblower claims will show then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national.

The City of Dallas is dealing with a ransomware attack that took the Dallas Police Department website offline but so far appears to have limited impact on city services for residents, the city said in a statement on Wednesday.

The United States is "engaged with Syria, engaged with third countries" to try to bring detained journalist Austin Tice home, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

The jury also heard from Natasha Stoynoff, a journalist who's accused Trump of sexually assaulting her

A Navy commander reprimanded over the death of a SEAL candidate last year has been removed from his job early, according to two Navy officials, as the Navy prepares to release a broader investigation into the notoriously difficult SEAL training course.

Another big American retailer announced it was pulling out of downtown San Francisco. What's happening in that city has become a key storyline in a larger national narrative about crime and perceptions of crime. Here's what one local journalist has to say about that narrative.

A Utah judge has blocked the state's ban on abortion clinics, the day before it was supposed to start taking effect.