The ongoing attempt to distort the assault on multiracial democracy has reminded scholars of the leviathan disinformation campaign that began during the Reconstruction era.
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday, John Bolton, who served as national security adviser under former President Donald Trump, made an interesting argument: Trump and those around him simply weren't sophisticated enough for the January 6 riot at the US Capitol to be rightly read as a coup attempt.
The latest hearing from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection fleshed out the links between former President Donald Trump and the far-right extremist groups that were at the vanguard of the violent effort to stop the transition of power and keep him in office, despite his election loss.
A member of the US Secret Service Counter Assault Team was detained by the Israeli national police in Jerusalem this week after he allegedly assaulted a woman outside of a bar, a source tells CNN, and the Secret Service says the agent is on his way back to the US.
As their final act nears, the House January 6 hearings have evolved from documenting a stain on history to warning of a violent and tyrannical future that awaits if Donald Trump is allowed to again unleash America's pent-up extremism.
As President Joe Biden arrived here on Wednesday, he is doing something he has never done on a foreign trip: Embracing one of his predecessor's legacy achievements.
Abortions are legal once again in Louisiana after a state court on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order against the state's ban that took effect following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was accused by a law professor of engaging in a line of transphobic questioning during a hearing Tuesday on the legal consequences of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The January 6 insurrection hearings are getting more alarming, not less. The main lesson Tuesday may ultimately be that a far-right militia, the Oath Keepers, which has been percolating for years, marched on the Capitol believing it was doing so on behalf of the US President.
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a task force aimed at identifying ways to protect reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion.
For the better part of the last year, when people asked me whether I thought Donald Trump would be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, the answer has been the same: If he runs, he will be.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said Tuesday that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has "started producing information" for the Department of Justice relevant to its request for transcripts of interviews the committee has conducted.
For Democratic Congressional staffers -- many of whom are young -- passing massive investments in clean energy tax credits to deal with the climate crisis is especially urgent.
White House officials on Tuesday acknowledged June's Consumer Price Index report is expected to show elevated inflation but argue the figures included in the report don't reflect a recent drop in energy prices and are therefore "out of date."
Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome a group of state and local officials to the White House on Wednesday as the administration seeks to draw attention to key elements of President Joe Biden's cornerstone legislative achievement.
Pennsylvania's top election officials on Tuesday sued three counties for refusing to tally undated mail-in ballots cast in the state's May 17 primary election -- in the latest confrontation between state and local officials over election administration.
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