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Former NYPD officer Thomas Webster sentenced to 10 years for storming Capitol on Jan. 6
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has sentenced former New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster to 10 years in prison for assaulting officers outsid...
Sep 01, 2022
Justice Department, Trump lawyers face off over Mar-a-Lago documents review
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- The DOJ and lawyers for former President Donald Trump faced off in a Florida court Thursday on whether there should be a special...
Sep 01, 2022
Biden attacks Trump and MAGA Republicans as threat to American democracy
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- President Joe Biden, in a rare prime-time speech, condemned Donald Trump and his "MAGA Republicans" as he urged the nation to unite agains...
Sep 01, 2022
Cipollone, Philbin expected to appear Friday before federal grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources
Pat Cipollone in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2022. - Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Two former top Trump White House lawyers are expected to appear Friday before a federal g...
Sep 01, 2022
Ron DeSantis shrugs off 2024 speculation -- but he's building a national GOP fanbase
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- During a recent national tour through battleground states, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood before a crowd of about 1,000 people in...
Sep 01, 2022
Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin in special election for Alaska's House seat
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Democrat Mary Peltola is projected to win the Alaska special general election for the state’s sole House seat, ABC News reports. Peltola...
Aug 31, 2022
Trump's legal team responds to DOJ in dispute over review of seized records
James Devaney/GC Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to the Justice Department in the dispute over Trump's request for a "special master" to re...
Aug 31, 2022
Trump's filing opposing Mar-a-Lago raid forced DOJ's hand, experts say
Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- After three weeks of accusations from former President Donald Trump and his allies that the Justice Department and FBI overreached in their ...
Aug 31, 2022
Michigan board of canvassers deadlocked on abortion rights initiative
ilbusca/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Wednesday deadlocked along party lines on a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constit...
Aug 31, 2022
Lawsuit filed to block Indiana abortion ban as South Carolina lawmakers approve near-total ban
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As states continue to regulate abortion rights across the country, abortion rights groups and state legislatures in Indiana and South Carolina are at odds amid f...
Aug 31, 2022
