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The three white men who chased down and murdered 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in broad daylight in 2020 have been sentenced. Travis McMichael, 35, and his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole. Their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, was sentenced to life in …

On Wednesday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson called out Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over remarks he made regarding the January 6 attacks. During a hearing with the head of the United States Capitol Police earlier that day, Cruz acknowledged the “solemn anniversary” of what he called a “violent terrorist attack on …

In a press conference Thursday morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis admitted that state officials allowed around one million unused COVID-19 tests to sit in a warehouse and expire. The head of Florida’s Department of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthries, said, “We had between 800k and a million Abbott test kits in …

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the nation on Thursday, marking the anniversary of the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Speaking from Statuary Hall in the Capitol, where Trump supporters violently surged, President Biden said the US …

According to reporting by Politico, and later confirmed by ABC News, Vice President Kamala Harris was evacuated from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on January 6, 2021, minutes after a pipe bomb was discovered nearby. “She was there until she was evacuated,” said a White House official who …

On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed the state’s first posthumous pardon for Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890, the purpose of which was to ensure racial segregation as a means to promote white supremacy. Gov. Edwards was joined by descendants of …

Three more police officers are suing former President Donald Trump for the “physical and emotional injuries” they suffered due to the attacks they say he incited at the United States Capitol on January 6 of last year. Capitol Police Officer Marcus Moore, a ten year veteran of the force, is …

United States Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday reassured Americans that the Department of Justice remains committed to holding all the perpetrators of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol “at any level” accountable under the law. In a speech ahead of the anniversary of the assault on the Capitol …

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol has requested that Fox News host Sean Hannity sit down with the panel as it continues its investigation into the attack. Axios broke the news, which committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D, Calif.) later confirmed to MSNBC’s Hallie …

By Rebekah Allen, The Texas Tribune Jan. 4, 2022 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz predicted Republicans will impeach President Joe Biden as political payback if they win back the U.S. House this year in the midterm elections. “Yeah, I do think there’s a chance of that, whether it’s justified or not,” …

Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois formally announced Tuesday that he would not seek a 16th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The former Black Panther who first won election in 1992 said in a speech at a Chicago church that he isn’t retiring from public service. “I will remain on …

The Omicron variant was estimated to be 95% of the coronavirus strains circulating in the United States as of Jan. 1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. The CDC said the variant accounted for an estimated 77% of cases in the week ended Dec. …

The White House is purchasing an additional 10 million courses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment pill Paxlovid, the company said Tuesday, bringing the total U.S. order to 20 million. The news was first reported by Fox News, and it was later confirmed in a statement from Pfizer. NEW: The Biden administration will double …

The Biden administration announced Monday it will allocate $1 billion to expand independent beef, pork and chicken processing in an effort to increase competition in the meatpacking industry and reduce costs for consumers. The White House said the plan also is aimed at boosting profits for livestock producers, who have …

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued subpoenas for Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump as part of a probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices, the Associated Press reported. The subpoenas requested testimony from Ivanka and Donald Jr. as well as documents “in connection with an investigation into …