Politics
Senate Report Finds Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON — In 2019, Lauren Reynolds took the lonely, terrifying, trailblazing risk of identifying the officer who pressured her for...
Lauren Boebert, Far-Right Firebrand, Wins Re-election After Recount
After a recount in a remarkably close race, Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, known for heckling President Biden during his...
Project Veritas Says It Provided $20,500 in ‘Excess Benefit’ to Its Founder
WASHINGTON — Project Veritas, the right-wing group known for its sting operations, reported in its latest filing to the I.R.S....
FBI Reports Drop in Hate Crimes, but There’s Doubt Around the Data
WASHINGTON — The federal tally of hate crimes fell in 2021, but the statistics are deeply misleading because scores of...
Inside the Battle for Control of the Republican National Committee
“We are in the era of lawfare, and we keep on losing in the courts,” Kirk said on his program...
Congress Weighs Plan for Commission to Investigate Covid Response
Any investigation of the pandemic would necessarily be vast and complex, encompassing topics such as better detection of new pathogens,...
Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, on Jan. 6
The filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has made 14 documentaries, none more intimate, laborious or destabilizing than her latest. The subject is...
Book Review: ‘Freedom’s Dominion,’ by Jefferson Cowie
FREEDOM’S DOMINION: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power, by Jefferson CowieAmericans, Ralph Waldo Emerson remarked shortly after the...
Kamala Harris Swears In Karen Bass as LA’s Mayor
Ms. Davenport said she did not usually attend political events but made an exception this time.“I wanted to help celebrate...
Libyan Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Is in FBI Custody
WASHINGTON — A Libyan intelligence operative charged in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, was arrested...
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