Politics Feb 09

Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial has opened in the Senate with graphic video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress after the defeated former president whips up a rally crowd.

Politics Feb 09

House Democrats prosecuting the case told senators they were presenting “cold, hard facts” against Trump, who is charged with inciting the mob siege of the Capitol to overturn the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Politics Feb 08

In a brief filed on the eve of the impeachment trial, lawyers for the former president leveled a wide-ranging attack on the case.

Politics Feb 04

They are challenging the former president to explain why he and his lawyers have disputed key factual allegations at the center of their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol.

Politics Feb 03

Civil rights groups and communities of color are watching warily for any moves to expand law enforcement power.

Politics Jan 29

A former FBI lawyer has been sentenced to probation for altering an email the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.

Politics Jan 27

The department isn't citing a specific threat, but DHS points to "a heightened threat environment across the United States" that it believes "will persist" in the weeks since Biden took office.

Politics Jan 22

President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Politics Jan 20

President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other…

Nation Jan 18

Officials said participants were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol on Monday, after a fire in a homeless encampment.