Politics

A few months after a Trumpist mob marched through the halls of the U.S. Capitol calling for the summary execution of Mike Pence, the former vice president founded a political advocacy group dedicated to building on the “success of the last four years.” Since its creation, Pence’s group, Advancing American …

Mark Meadows took the stand before a federal judge on Monday, testifying that his actions in the Georgia indictment accusing him of taking part in an illegal conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in favor of Trump were part of his job as then-White House chief of …

China is behind the largest known covert propaganda operation ever identified on Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by security researchers at Meta. Meta on Tuesday outed the authors of a four-year long influence campaign dubbed “Spamouflage Dragon,” which first appeared in 2019 to spread propaganda about Hong …

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office has repeatedly grilled witnesses about Rudy Giuliani’s drinking on and after election day, investigating whether Donald Trump was knowingly relying on an inebriated attorney while trying to overturn a presidential election. In their questioning of multiple witnesses, Smith’s team of federal investigators have asked questions …

Florida Department of Education officials repeatedly diminished the impact of slavery on African Americans in their review of a proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies course, according to a report from the Miami Herald. In January, Florida blocked the College Board from testing a pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies …

Sidney Powell, a former Trump lawyer and conspiracy theorist, entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday, according to court filings, per CNN. Powell’s lawyer stated she would waive her arraignment in the case in Fulton Count, writing to a judge that she “enters a plea of NOT GUILTY to each …

In the “thin blue line” myth, cops stand in the breach between civilization and chaos. But what happens when these same police become agents of wanton violence? A new federal indictment pulls back the curtain on sadistic behavior by cops in northern California, who allegedly brutalized residents — with K-9 …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was booed by attendees at a Jacksonville vigil for three people shot and killed by a white supremacist gunman on Saturday. “Your policies caused this!” one member of the crowd shouted. Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman was forced to step in and address the crowd’s jeers. “It ain’t …

Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Monday that Trump’s D.C.-based election meddling trial will begin on March 4, 2024, the day before key primary elections take place on Super Tuesday. The ruling moves the trial back several months from the Justice Department’s original date request, but far before the Trump team’s bid …

What happens when you combine a Christian nationalist musician and a disgraced former state representative-turned-pastor accused of domestic terrorism? According to local lawmakers and faith leaders in Washington state, it’s a recipe for “bigotry” cloaked “in religious language.” Controversy has erupted in Spokane after Mayor Nadine Woodward appeared at a …