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Police officer beaten at Capitol says GOP congressman ran away ‘like a coward’ when confronted

Michael Fanone, a D.C. police officer savagely beaten at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, called Rep. Andrew Clyde a "coward" for allegedly ignoring him as they shared an elevator Wednesday.

June 17, 2021

GOP congressman accused of refusing to shake hands with D.C. police officer beaten at Capitol riot

Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican, was accused Wednesday of snubbing Michael Fanone, a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer savagely beaten while trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

June 16, 2021

Roger Stone asks court to stay tax case due to wife’s cancer diagnosis

Former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone and his wife, Nydia Stone, have asked for a stay in the nearly $2 million federal tax case against them in light of the latter recently being diagnosed with lung cancer.

June 16, 2021

Democrats halt effort to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene following apology for Holocaust comparisons

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has avoided a censure some House Democrats had sought over remarks the Georgia Republican made about the Holocaust last month in light of her publicly apologizing this week.

June 16, 2021

Hillary Clinton: ‘We have people within our own country who are doing Putin’s work’

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that some elected officials in the U.S. are doing the work of Russian President Vladimir Putin by sowing distrust and divisiveness during and after the Trump administration.

June 16, 2021

MTG’s apology for Holocaust comparison fails to convince ‘The View’ co-hosts

The cast of "The View" appeared skeptical Tuesday over the apology Rep. Marjorie Taylor offered for comparing efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic with the Holocaust that killed six million Jews.

June 15, 2021

Biden urged to press Putin on jailed Marine veterans at Geneva summit

President Biden faced pressure to pursue the release of Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, former U.S. Marines jailed in Russia, ahead of his planned meeting Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 15, 2021

FBI warns QAnon conspiracy theorists may engage in ‘real world violence’

The FBI has warned that more QAnon conspiracy theorists may be driven to violence and even feel obligated to attack Democrats they believe to be members of a purported cabal of satanic child traffickers.

June 15, 2021

British MPs petition Biden to drop Julian Assange prosecution

President Biden was asked by a group of British parliamentarians Friday to end his administration's hunt for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who remains jailed in London pending a U.S. extradition request.

June 12, 2021

Early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest’s remains removed from Memphis park

Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader, has been successfully exhumed from his longtime grave in Memphis, Tennessee, along with the remains of his wife, Mary Forrest.

June 12, 2021

Sen. Johnson blasts ‘arrogant’ censorship after YouTube suspension for hydroxychloroquine video

Sen. Ron Johnson accused YouTube of censorship Friday after the Wisconsin Republican had his account on the platform suspended for sharing video footage of him touting treatments for COVID-19 of questioned effectiveness.

June 12, 2021

Face masks no longer required on House floor for members fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Face masks are no longer required on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Office of the Attending Physician stated Friday.

June 12, 2021

FBI shuts down Slilpp website that sold stolen login credentials linked to millions in losses

Slilpp, a criminal marketplace that facilitated the sale of stolen login credentials, has been seized by the FBI as part of what the U.S. Department of Justice called a coordinated multinational effort.

June 11, 2021

Cybersecurity professional arrested on charges of hacking Atlanta-area hospitals

Vikas Singla, the chief operating officer of a network security company based in Atlanta, has been arrested and charged with allegedly hacking a local not-for-profit healthcare provider in 2018.

June 11, 2021

U.S. embassy ‘gravely concerned’ about COVID-19-stricken former Marine held in Russia

A top diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Friday that he is "gravely concerned" about the health of Trevor Reed, a former Marine being detained in Russia who recently tested positive for COVID-19.

June 11, 2021

CNN’s Acosta: Fox has become ‘more Trumpian’ since 2020 election

CNN anchor Jim Acosta railed against Fox News in an interview released Thursday, calling the rival cable network a "bulls--t factory" that employs "propagandists" for former President Donald Trump.

June 10, 2021

State Dept. slams Nigerian government over Twitter ban, says behavior ‘has no place in a democracy’

President Biden's top diplomat condemned the Nigerian government Thursday over its ongoing ban on the social media service Twitter and its recent threats to arrest and prosecute residents caught using it.

June 10, 2021

Seattle mayor says city is first of its size to fully vaccinate 70% of residents against COVID-19

Seattle has become the first major U.S. city to fully vaccinate 70% of its residents age 12 and up against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan stated Wednesday.

June 10, 2021

Attorney general scheduled to meet with news leaders after DOJ sought reporters’ records

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland is to meet with media representatives following revelations that the Department of Justice sought reporters' email and phone records as part of Trump leak investigations.

June 10, 2021

Trump family Twitter impersonator arrested on charges of fraud, identity theft

Joshua Hall, a 22-year-old Pennsylvania man who admitted to posing online as family members of former President Donald Trump, has been arrested on related federal wire fraud and identity theft charges.

June 9, 2021