The Republican Party’s main House and Senate campaign committees — the N.R.C.C. and the N.R.S.C. — pulled in “a combined $1.7 million from PACs tied…
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Tag: Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021)
F.B.I. Is Pursuing ‘Hundreds’ in Capitol Riot Inquiry, Wray Tells Congress
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. is pursuing potentially hundreds more suspects in the Capitol riot, the agency’s director told Congress on Tuesday, calling the effort to…
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Biden Administration Forms Blueprint to Combat Domestic Extremism
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is aiming to bolster information sharing with technology companies, potentially expand hiring of intelligence analysts and improve screening of government…
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In Congress, Republicans Shrug at Warnings of Democracy in Peril
WASHINGTON — Senator Christopher S. Murphy concedes that political rhetoric in the nation’s capital can sometimes stray into hysteria, but when it comes to the…
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6 Men Said to Be Tied to Three Percenters Movement Are Charged in Capitol Riot
Federal prosecutors filed a wide-ranging conspiracy indictment on Thursday accusing six California men said to be connected to a radical gun rights movement called the…
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How Far Are Republicans Willing to Go? They’re Already Gone.
Lee Drutman, a senior fellow at the New America think tank and one of the organizers of New America’s “Statement of Concern,” wrote by email:…
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My Fellow Republicans, Stop Fearing This Dangerous and Diminished Man
Many Republican leaders seem to think any all-encompassing investigation will be bad for the party. I disagree. Some prominent Republicans want to uncover the truth,…
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In a Different Capitol Siege, Republicans in Oregon Call for Accountability
A little more than two weeks before a mob of supporters of Donald J. Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, falsely claiming that he had won…
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Capitol Riot Security Failures Detailed in Senate Report
Yet the Senate investigation found that the department had ample warning weeks earlier that violent extremists, including members of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, were…
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Are We Destined for a Trump Coup in 2024?
Meanwhile, at the state level, the Republican-backed bills that purport to fight voter fraud are obviously partially sops to conservative paranoia — but as such,…
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