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A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to two crimes related to the US Capitol insurrection, making him the first rioter to do so. Jon Ryan Schaffer pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding and entering a building with a dangerous weapon. He admitted to carrying bear spray

Prominent Democratic lawmakers and top progressives expressed outrage and disappointment on Friday in response to the news that President Joe Biden will sign an emergency determination that keeps the Trump-era refugee cap of 15,000 — a significant reversal from his administration’s proposal earlier this year to lift the cap to 62,500. The declaration will bring

The Florida legislature passed legislation that its backers say aims to crack down on riots and property damage, but the bill’s opponents argue it will have a chilling effect on peaceful protests and is a threat to free speech. House Bill 1, titled “Combating Public Disorder,” will increase penalties for assault, battery, burglary and theft,

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that the Justice Department is rescinding a Trump-era memo that limited the use of consent decrees that hold police departments accused of misconduct accountable. Garland’s decision to rescind the restrictive rules comes after years of civil unrest due to the police-involved killings of Black men and women across

Nearly a year after the police killing of George Floyd, pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden and members of Congress to show they are committed to holding police officers accountable for misconduct, excessive force and negligence after yet another agonizing week that has demonstrated how Americans of color are continuing to lose their lives

President Joe Biden hosted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday for his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader as the US seeks to refocus its foreign policy in East Asia. Biden and Suga said they both aimed to tighten the relationship between the two countries during the daylong visit. “As

Prominent progressive lawmakers expressed outrage on Friday in response to the news that President Joe Biden will sign an emergency determination that keeps the Trump-era refugee cap of 15,000 — a significant reversal from his administration’s proposal earlier this year to lift the cap to 62,500. The declaration will bring back regional allocations, in effect

President Joe Biden will sign a declaration on Friday to speed refugee admissions to the US but not raise the refugee cap, as he had committed to doing — a significant reversal from his administration’s proposal earlier this year to lift the cap to 62,500. Instead, Biden will sign an emergency determination that keeps the

Russia has sanctioned eight senior US administration officials, including FBI director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, barring them from entering the country in retaliation for President Joe Biden’s sweeping sanctions against the Kremlin on Thursday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said the Kremlin has advised the US Ambassador to Russia, John

Low-flying F-22 Raptors momentarily interrupted the White House press briefing on Friday as their roar could be heard and felt in buildings in and around downtown Washington. While describing President Joe Biden’s upcoming schedule for next week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to pause and say: “Wow — there’s a plane right overhead,

Trump administration political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency repeatedly squashed efforts to warn the public about a cancer-causing gas in their neighborhood, according to a new review. The EPA inspector general said Bill Wehrum, a former attorney for the fossil fuel industry who led the air and radiation office, directed officials who investigated the

A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to two crimes related to the US Capitol insurrection, making him the first rioter to do so. Jon Ryan Schaffer pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding and entering a building with a dangerous weapon. He admitted to carrying bear spray

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Russia will expel 10 US diplomats, curb the activity of US non-profit groups in the country and sanction US officials in a series of measures meant to retaliate for President Joe Biden’s sweeping sanctions against the Kremlin Thursday. Lavrov, speaking at a press conference in Moscow

One hundred days after the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, the unprecedented progress and unexpected roadblocks of the investigation are becoming clear. Prosecutors have moved full speed ahead with hundreds of cases against rioters but haven’t made use of the much-discussed sedition laws. They’ve rounded up dozens of extremists and militia members yet

President Joe Biden will sign a declaration on Friday to speed refugee admissions to the US but not raise the refugee cap, as he has committed to doing. Instead, he will sign an emergency determination that will cast a wider net of who can arrive to the US under the refugee ceiling currently in place.