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Rudy Giuliani suspended from YouTube ad program following election fraud claims

YouTube has reined in Rudolph W. Giuliani, former President Trump's personal lawyer, following repeated violations of its rules prohibiting users from alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

January 27, 2021

Hillary: Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘should be on a watch list’

Hillary Clinton and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sparred Wednesday on social media as the former presidential hopeful found herself among Democrats calling the Georgia Republican unfit for Congress.

January 27, 2021

Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boys chairman, assisted federal investigators before leading group: Report

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio was reportedly credited during a 2014 federal court hearing with assisting criminal investigators by repeatedly working in an undercover role.

January 27, 2021

Tucker Carlson defends QAnon backers over proposed bill; sponsor accuses Fox host of inciting fear

Fox News host Tucker Carlson faced pushback Tuesday from Rep. Stephanie Murphy, Florida Democrat, after slamming her effort to keep sensitive information from Capitol insurrections and QAnon adherents.

January 26, 2021

Canadian parliament seeks terrorist designation for Proud Boys group

Canadian parliament members called Monday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity and categorize it alongside the likes of al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

January 26, 2021

Twitter permanently bans My Pillow’s Mike Lindell

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was booted from Twitter late Monday after repeatedly using his account on the social media service to push bogus claims about purported fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

January 26, 2021

Sidney Powell announces formation of Restore the Republic super PAC with My Pillow’s Mike Lindell

Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who led several failed bids to overturn the recent presidential election, announced the formation Saturday of a political action committee, Restore the Republic.

January 23, 2021

FAA employee already on FBI’s radar among latest charged for storming Capitol

Kevin Strong, a Federal Aviation Administration employee from California, was arrested and charged after confessing to breaching the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

January 23, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci says Trump admin. kept him off MSNBC’s ‘Maddow’: ‘They didn’t want me on’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden's chief medical adviser, accused the Trump administration on Friday of preventing him from appearing on MSNBC's popular "The Rachel Maddow Show" cable program.

January 23, 2021

Alex Jones can face defamation lawsuits from Sandy Hook parents: Texas Supreme Court

Alex Jones and his Infowars website were rebuffed Friday in their bid to have the Texas Supreme Court toss four defamation lawsuits they face from parents of children slain in a 2012 school shooting.

January 23, 2021

Larry King, legendary TV host and interviewer, dead at 87

Larry King, the longtime talk show host whose iconic interviews and signature style helped make him become one of the biggest names in broadcasting, died Saturday morning in California at the age of 87.

January 23, 2021

Alexei Navalny, jailed Kremlin critic, preemptively addresses potential death in Russian prison

Alexei Navalny stressed that he is not suicidal in a statement he shared on social media Friday on the eve of supporters of the jailed Russian opposition leader planning to protest his imprisonment.

January 22, 2021

Adam Schiff: Declassify report on Jamal Khashoggi killing as promised

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff, California Democrat, asked the Biden administration Friday to release details about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

January 22, 2021

Bernie Sanders selling sweatshirts for charity featuring Vermont senator’s viral inaugural pose

Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, is leveraging his latest run as an internet meme to raise money for the Meals on Wheels charity in the Senate Budget Committee chairman's home state.

January 22, 2021

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell dares Dominion Voting Systems: ‘Please sue me’

Mike Lindell, the founder and face of the My Pillow bedding company, begged Dominion Voting Systems on Thursday to sue him already over claims he made about its role in the presidential election.

January 22, 2021

Sean Hannity blasts Joe Biden’s ‘disastrous first week’ as president on administration’s second day

Fox News host Sean Hannity wasted little time before reflecting on the first week of President Biden's administration. He slammed it on his show Thursday night, roughly 33 hours since it started.

January 22, 2021

Stephanie Murphy: Security clearance form should include questions about Capitol attack, QAnon

Capitol rioters, QAnon adherents and other conspiracy theorists could be ineligible to hold a security clearance if Congress passes reforms newly proposed by Rep. Stephanie Murphy, Florida Democrat.

January 21, 2021

Michael Joseph Foy charged with hitting cops with hockey stick outside Capitol: DOJ

Federal investigators on Thursday identified the man suspected of striking a group of police officers with a hockey stick outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 uprising.

January 21, 2021

Feds ramp up reward money in manhunt prompted by pipe bombs found before Capitol breach at RNC, DNC

Federal agencies Thursday increased the reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever placed pipe bombs discovered near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

January 21, 2021

Rush Limbaugh denies legitimacy of presidential election as Joe Biden administration begins

Rush Limbaugh repeatedly denied the legitimacy of the incoming administration Wednesday shortly after President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

January 21, 2021