Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday praised the FBI and his Justice Department prosecutors for their zealous pursuit of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago, saying the cases they brought against more than 1,500 people are a defense of democracy.

The Judicial Conference of the United States will not refer Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas or Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Department of Justice over alleged violations of federal law related to their financial disclosure filings.

President-elect Donald Trump says U.S. Steel will thrive under his plan to impose tariffs on other nations, putting his imprint on the debate around whether a Japanese firm should have acquired it.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has been on a mission lately, authoring numerous bills to protect women and girls. In November 2024, she introduced a resolution to maintain single-sex bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) later made that the official policy of the House, and Mace later introduced legislation to maintain single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms on […]

“What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?” This 2016 tweet from the late comedian Norm Macdonald isn’t just a perfect example of his trademark dry wit. No, it was a deeply prophetic analysis of what the West is becoming: […]

Last month’s rapid collapse and fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty surprised the world, starting with Bashar Assad himself. Led by the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham and likely galvanized by Israel’s mauling of Hamas and Hezbollah, the rebel victory represents Iran’s third catastrophic defeat in trying to implement its anti-Israel “ring of fire” strategy. […]

Mao Zedong of China was only partly right when he said that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” He should have added that true national power depends on a strong economy to provide the military with the resources necessary to defeat deadly adversaries. Arguably, Gen. Ulysses Grant was the first modern […]

Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including some 60 individuals suspected of assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The new figures, announced on Monday, mark the first time the Justice Department has revealed how many cases it believes are...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riots, said the Jan. 6 protesters were not “peace-loving individuals.” “The thugs who were part of the violence mob on January 6 desecrated the Capitol, threatened to hang the Vice President, assassinate the Speaker of the House and hunt down Members of...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from citizens, who used protests, social media, and cultural works to express their outrage and demand accountability from the government.