Sep 05 Why the 2024 presidential campaign may resemble 2020 By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Whether voters like it or not, a Trump-Biden rematch may be on the horizon, raising the prospect of a deeply uncertain election season that only intensifies the nation’s political divide. Continue reading
Sep 01 Trump-era change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says By Associated Press The findings came in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups over the change. Hallman recommended that the U.S. Forest Service should be required to prepare a full environmental impact statement related to the change. Continue reading
Sep 01 Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, declares ‘Trump won!’ By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A former Proud Boys member who smashed a U.S. Capitol window in the building's first breach on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — and then defiantly declared as he walked out of the courtroom,… Continue reading
Aug 31 Efforts to punish Fani Willis over Trump prosecution are ‘political theater,’ Georgia Gov. Kemp says By Jeff Amy, Associated Press The GOP governor offered his most forceful comments on the investigation Thursday in response to House Republicans' planned probe of Willis and Trump's relentless criticism of her. Continue reading
Aug 31 Election workers are being bombarded with death threats, the U.S. government says By Lindsay Whitehurst, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press Some point to former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen and spreading conspiracy theories about election workers. Continue reading
Aug 31 Liberal groups seek to use the 14th Amendment to block Trump from 2024 ballots By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The groups cite a rarely used provision of the 14th Amendment barring from public office those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and then engaged in "insurrection" against it. Continue reading
Aug 31 Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get long sentences in Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year sentence for leader Zachary Rehl are some of the longest sentences handed down yet in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Continue reading
Aug 31 Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election case, will skip next week’s hearing By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Continue reading
Aug 30 Judge’s illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking a 33-year prison sentence for the 39-year-old Tarrio, who's from Miami. That's nearly twice the length of the longest prison term so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Continue reading
Aug 30 New York AG seeks immediate verdict in fraud lawsuit against Trump By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York's attorney general says a judge doesn't need to wait until an October trial in her civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to rule that he committed fraud while building his real estate empire. Continue reading