Nation Nov 28 Mom of child killed in Uvalde shooting sues police, gunmaker The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre.
Politics Nov 25 Biden, Democrats continue push for assault weapons ban After the mass killing last Saturday at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Biden said in a statement: "When will we decide we’ve had enough? ... We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off…
Politics Nov 18 Pro-Trump Oath Keepers sought ‘violent overthrow’ of government on Jan. 6, prosecutors tell court A federal prosecutor says Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates discussed using violence to overturn the results of the 2020 election for weeks and saw an opportunity to do it when rioters started attacking the Capitol.
Politics Nov 09 Voters uphold abortion rights in Michigan, California, Vermont ballot measures The Tuesday ballot initiatives come months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed.
Politics Nov 07 Oath Keepers leader denies there was a plan for group to attack Capitol on Jan. 6 Rhodes is on trial with four others for what prosecutors have alleged was a plan to stage an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
Politics Oct 31 Justice Department raises concern about armed people at Arizona ballot boxes The Justice Department says reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation as it steps into a lawsuit over the monitoring.
Politics Oct 21 Former Trump advisor Bannon gets 4 months behind bars for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to serve four months behind bars after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Politics Oct 17 Government says former Trump advisor Steve Bannon should get 6-month sentence The Justice Department is arguing that Steve Bannon should serve six months in prison and pay a $200,000 fine for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Politics Oct 03 Who are the Oath Keepers, and why are members on trial? A trial starting this week in Washington, D.C., is the biggest test yet in the Justice Department's efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Nation Oct 01 Five years after Las Vegas shooting, survivors find healing in community It's been five years since carnage and death sent his family running into the night, leaving them separated and terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.