An Arizona man was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after he threatened to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Steven Arthur Martis of Bullhead City was found guilty last November of one count of communicating an interstate threat to kill or harm …

Fencing installed around the US Capitol for months after the January 6, 2021 insurrection has been put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the U.S. capital. Capitol Police chief Tom Manger …

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing calls to be expelled from Congress after she spoke at a white nationalist conference on Friday night. Greene spoke at the America First Political Action Committee‘s conference, an event organized by Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has been labeled a white supremacist …

by Jake Zuckerman, Missouri Independent February 24, 2022 Three men pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges after admitting plans to attack the power grid “in furtherance of white supremacist ideology,” according to documents unsealed Wednesday. Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of West Lafayette, Indiana, …

A Florida man who posed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium during the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Friday. Adam Johnson was sentenced by US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, who said Johnson made “a mockery” of …

The United States, in coordination with the European Union and Britain, announced sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House announced Friday. “The United States, in coordination with allies and partners, continued to forcefully respond to Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked, and premeditated invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on President of …

United States Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Ok) announced his resignation on Friday after nearly 30 years in the Senate. Inhofe has served as one of Oklahoma’s senators since 1994 and has been a fixture in Oklahoma politics for 50 years. He won his reelection bid in 2020, garnering almost 63% of …

Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday unveiled updated guidance for masking indoors in public places, a move that means 70% of Americans likely will be able to ditch their masks. The new guidance will divvy counties into low, …

On Thursday, the Florida House of Representatives passed both the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the equally problematic “Stop WOKE Act.” Florida’s House passed the Parental Rights in Education bill — known to its critics as “Don’t Say Gay” — on Thursday in a 69-47 vote. It now moves …

Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, a historic choice that could fundamentally change who helps to protect and interpret the Constitution and ensure equal justice under the law. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first Black woman …

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2022 Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will stop blocking President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees now that the administration is implementing sanctions against a company that built a Russian gas pipeline meant to supply Germany with natural gas. Still, Texas’ junior senator …

As the Russian invasion into Ukraine unfolds, former President Barack Obama released a statement calling on “every American, regardless of party” to “support President Biden’s efforts to impose hard-hitting sanctions on Russia. In addition, Obama reiterated that given Russia’s significant role in energy markets, there may be some economic consequences …

On Thursday, former Minneapolis, MN officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Kueng and Thao were convicted of two counts. They were found guilty of failing to intervene on Floyd’s behalf as he pleaded for his life and repeatedly said he …

President Joe Biden imposed additional sanctions Thursday that he said “will impose severe costs on the Russian economy” following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sweeping invasion into Ukraine. “Putin is the aggressor,” Biden declared at the White House. “Putin chose this war, and now he and his country will bear the …

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Feb. 24, 2022 The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in a narrow challenge to the state’s new abortion law, which has blocked access to the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy for nearly six months. This hearing before the state high …