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In the federal investigation into the Proud Boys and their role in the Capitol insurrection, the Justice Department is pursuing several members of the organization and arguing in court in recent days that the group poses an active threat to the public. But prosecutors haven’t publicly connected all the dots yet between the group’s members,

New security footage presented during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial showed even more heroics from Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, including potentially saving Sen. Mitt Romney from the violent mob that breached the US Capitol. The security video, which the House impeachment managers played for the first time Wednesday, shows Goodman running as the

House impeachment managers Wednesday aired disturbing and gripping footage showing how rioters violently attacked officers as they breached the Capitol on January 6 — and came dangerously close to reaching lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence as they fled the House and Senate. The House’s presentation included never-before-seen Capitol security camera footage, body camera footage

New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine raised the prospect of seeking a search warrant late last year for the lawyer’s communications but were met with resistance from Justice Department officials in Washington over the strength of their evidence, people familiar with the discussions said. Justice Department officials in Washington said a

The second day of former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial was dominated by a detailed and damning documentation of the events leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol by the House impeachment managers. For hours on Wednesday afternoon, a series of Democratic House members — from Colorado’s Joe Neguse to

House impeachment managers aired new Capitol security footage showing how the rioters violently breached the Capitol and the threat they posed to everyone in the building during the riots on January 6 as the managers argued that former President Donald Trump was responsible for inciting the rioters. The footage included Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman

The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should uphold the Affordable Care Act, reversing the position of the Trump administration that had urged the justices to strike down the entire law amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Following the change in Administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the government’s position,” Deputy Solicitor

Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of officer Brian Sicknick. Officers recently told CNN that intelligence and operational failures left them vulnerable to

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense has established a task force focused on US strategy towards China. “We need to meet the growing challenges posed by China to keep peace and defend our interests in the Indo-Pacific and globally,” Biden said in his first visit to the Pentagon since taking office.

House impeachment managers argued Wednesday that former President Donald Trump engaged in a months-long campaign to falsely convince his supporters that the election was stolen, whipping them into a state of anger over the false belief the results were fraudulent and inciting his followers to violently disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. The managers kicked

Anyone who watched the back-to-back presentations of the House impeachment managers and former President Donald Trump’s legal team on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial could see that this was a massive mismatch. On the one hand, you had the impeachment managers making a compelling — and moving — case about the riot