The leader of the Proud Boys, a right-wing group, pleaded guilty on Monday to burning a Black Lives Matter banner and possessing a restricted firearm component. Enrique Tarrio, 37, who lives in Miami, reached a deal with prosecutors and admitted to the charges before a Washington, D.C., superior court, according to the Washington Post. Tarrio […]

A federal court ruled on Tuesday that the United States’s ban on handguns for adults under the age of 21 is unconstitutional. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 vote, determined that the Second Amendment extends to 18- to 20-year-olds after a federal law barred them from purchasing pistols from licensed firearm dealers. […]

The nearly 60 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to stonewall a pair of Republican-backed voting bills “will be arrested” upon return to the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Monday. Earlier in the day, at least 58 legislators in the state’s House of Representatives left Austin to paralyze the chamber until they return to the […]

The Miami-Dade condominium building that partially collapsed on Thursday never received upward of $9 million in needed repairs, new emails revealed, as experts continue to speculate on the cause of the catastrophe. Champlain Towers South, a 12-story structure that contained 136 units, was quoted for approximately $630,000 in electrical repairs, $254,000 in structural costs, nearly […]

A federal court on Wednesday denied South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s motion to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore ahead of the Fourth of July after a monthslong fight. Chief Judge Roberto Lange of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota concluded that a ruling in Noem’s favor would constitute “improper […]

Dominion Voting Systems, a company beset by dubious election fraud claims in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, said “human error” was to blame after machines in a Pennsylvania county failed to display Republican ballots. Nicole Nollette, the executive vice president of operations at Dominion, announced the conclusion during a two-hour special meeting held […]

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she’s in therapy following the “trauma” she incurred from being inside the Capitol complex during the Jan. 6 riot. The congresswoman also faulted former President Donald Trump’s administration’s treatment of Latinos as another reason she has sought counseling. “Yeah. Oh yeah. I’m doing therapy, but also, I’ve just slowed […]

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the nearly three dozen House GOP lawmakers who voted in favor of establishing a commission to further investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The measure, which passed 252-175 on Wednesday with substantial GOP support, calls for a 10-member panel appointed evenly by Republicans and Democrats, which would also […]

The Texas Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow residents to carry a handgun without a permit as Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to sign the legislation in its final hurdle. HB 1927, which allows Texans 21 or older to possess a pistol on their person provided they are not “otherwise prohibited by state […]

Arkansas state lawmakers enacted a ban on chemical and surgical sex change treatments and surgeries for transgender youth in the state on Tuesday, overriding a previous veto from Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson. The Legislature, which sports a GOP majority in both houses, moved forward with the bill that prohibits medical professionals from providing treatment to […]