At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting … Read more
A regional Oath Keepers organizer who pleaded guilty to a Capitol attack felony last year was sentenced Friday to 36 months of probation, the first six months of which will be served as home detention. James Breheny was a Bergen County, New Jersey-based organizer with the Oath Keepers, the far-right militia group that played a … Read more
A federal judge on Thursday said the United States was “in trouble” if Americans don’t accept the results of legitimate elections, as was the case with Donald Trump and many of his supporters following the 2020 election. Separately, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said he was sure “there won’t be an acceptance of a … Read more
At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting … Read more
Despite the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol being one of the most well-documented and studied political events in recent years, former President Donald Trump is still trying to rewrite history about that day. While speaking to the news media Thursday outside his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Florida, the likely Republican presidential … Read more
At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone. Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting … Read more
Nearly a decade ago, Mark Graber, a constitutional law professor at the University of Maryland, started researching a new book. He wanted to examine how the lawmakers who crafted the 14th Amendment in the aftermath of the Civil War actually thought at the time about the new constitutional provision that provided equal citizenship rights to … Read more
After former president and current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s disqualification from the ballots in Colorado and Maine for engaging in insurrection on Jan. 6, it didn’t take long for Republicans to respond with retributive calls to do the same to President Joe Biden, among other Democrats. “If Democrat states are saying we’re not going … Read more
Peter Navarro, the former White House adviser for Donald Trump who helped spread lies about the 2020 election, was sentenced to four months in jail on Thursday for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Navarro, 74, was convicted in September on two counts of contempt of … Read more
Joe Kent, a right-wing Republican who is vying for a rematch against Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), received $8,600 in campaign donations from an accused Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter facing felony and misdemeanor charges. The Department of Justice announced earlier this month that it was charging Salisbury, Maryland, resident Carlos Ayala with civil … Read more
