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This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum against Michael Joseph Foy, shows Foy swinging his hockey stick as he lunges at the police line, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

11 strikes in 16 seconds: One Capitol rioter’s violent attack on police with a hockey stick

This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum against Michael Joseph Foy, shows Foy swinging his hockey stick as he lunges at the police line, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

September 6, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of Jan. 6 that are routinely shown in her courtroom. Read story

FILE - This artist sketch depicts U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta during a Jan. 6, 2021 trial at the federal courthouse in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022.  Mehta assured Capitol rioter Shane Jenkins that he wasn&rsquo;t getting punished for his political beliefs. Mehta said he was disturbed that Jenkins was selling Jan. 6 merchandise promoting the notion that he and other rioters are political prisoners. He sentenced the Texas man to seven years in prison.

A Capitol rioter hawked Jan. 6 merchandise from jail. The judge who sentenced him was disturbed

FILE - This artist sketch depicts U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta during a Jan. 6, 2021 trial at the federal courthouse in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022.  Mehta assured Capitol rioter Shane Jenkins that he wasn&rsquo;t getting punished for his political beliefs. Mehta said he was disturbed that Jenkins was selling Jan. 6 merchandise promoting the notion that he and other rioters are political prisoners. He sentenced the Texas man to seven years in prison.

September 6, 2024, 8:12am Nation & World

From jail, Shane Jenkins helped sell T-shirts, tote bags and other merchandise promoting the notion that he and other rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol are political prisoners unjustly held in pretrial detention. Read story

FILE- This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before convicting the 20-year NYPD veteran, Thomas Webster, of all six counts in his indictment. Webster was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Juries aren’t swayed by defenses in Capitol riot trials

FILE- This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before convicting the 20-year NYPD veteran, Thomas Webster, of all six counts in his indictment. Webster was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

September 6, 2024, 8:11am Nation & World

A retired New York police officer told a jury that he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer and grabbed his gas mask during the Jan. 6 riot. Read story

U.S. charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes over work for sanctioned Russian TV

September 5, 2024, 11:04am Politics

The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

Courtroom clash in Trump’s election interference case as the judge ponders the path ahead

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

September 5, 2024, 8:30am Latest News

A judge is hearing arguments Thursday about the potential next steps in the federal election subversion prosecution of Donald Trump in the first hearing since the Supreme Court narrowed the case by ruling that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges. Read story

This combination photo shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaking during a presidential debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaking during a Democratic presidential primary debates, July 31, 2019, in Detroit.

How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Harris

This combination photo shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaking during a presidential debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaking during a Democratic presidential primary debates, July 31, 2019, in Detroit.

September 5, 2024, 8:27am Latest News

The second general election debate of the 2024 campaign season is here, but it’s the first matchup for the current nominees. Read story

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., speaks during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, April 26, 2024 at the Pentagon in Washington.

Pentagon leaders head to Germany for the latest round of international talks on Ukraine military aid

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., speaks during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, April 26, 2024 at the Pentagon in Washington.

September 5, 2024, 8:21am Politics

Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and Ukraine presses its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region. Read story

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington.

US accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation before the November election

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington.

September 4, 2024, 11:30am Latest News

The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against two employees of a Russian state-run media company and seizing internet domains used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation. Read story

Opening bid on stopgap funds package readied in House

September 4, 2024, 9:52am Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is prepping a stopgap funding extension ahead of this month’s deadline that combines some red meat for conservatives with policies that lawmakers in both parties will likely find attractive. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to board Air Force Two at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

Harris visits New Hampshire to tout her small business tax plan

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to board Air Force Two at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

September 4, 2024, 9:12am Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris is using a New Hampshire campaign stop on Wednesday to propose an expansion of tax incentives for small businesses, a pro-entrepreneur plan that may soften her previous calls for wealthy Americans and large corporations to pay higher taxes. Read story