Justice Dept. to seek longest sentence in any Jan. 6 Capitol riot case so far

Former New York City police officer Thomas Webster was found guilty of assaulting law enforcement outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

• Aug 27, 2022

Powell says Fed could keep lifting rates "for some time"

While higher borrowing costs will hurt, failure to ease inflation "would mean far greater pain," Federal Reserve chief says.

• Aug 26, 2022

Mysterious billboards urge people not to move to Texas, citing Uvalde

They say the "Texas miracle died in Uvalde," referring to the school massacre there. It wasn't clear who posted them or why.

• Aug 26, 2022

White House calls out GOP student debt critics who had PPP loans forgiven

Marjorie Taylor Greene said for the government to say debt is forgiven "is completely unfair." The White House tweeted back that she had more than $183,000 in PPP loans forgiven.

• Aug 26, 2022

Why California's bold electric-vehicle targets are so important

Nation's largest state sets ambitious timeline to make all new cars electric in 12 years — with juicy incentives.

• Aug 26, 2022

Dep. homeland security adviser on Americans wrongfully detained overseas

On "The Takeout" podcast this week, Geltzer talks with host Major Garrett about the Biden administration's efforts to bring home Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

• Aug 26, 2022

More than 1,100 soldiers at Fort Bragg living in mold-infested barracks

The Army plans to demolish 12 of the barracks at Fort Bragg, which has had mold problems for years.

• Aug 26, 2022

Biden slams "MAGA Republicans," compares the philosophy to "semi-fascism"

At a campaign rally for Maryland Democrats, he said, "You have to choose. Will we be a country that moves forward or a country that moves backward?"

• Aug 26, 2022

Pentagon releases plan to mitigate civilian casualties in U.S. airstrikes

The plan includes creating a center to coordinate data collection and lessons learned.

• Aug 25, 2022

Woman with cancer sues Vermont over residency requirement for assisted suicide

The Vermont law allows physicians to prescribe lethal medication to state residents with an incurable illness that is expected to kill them within six months.

• Aug 25, 2022

Testimony from Sidney Powell, Mark Meadows sought in Georgia election probe

The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking to compel testimony from more allies of the former president.

• Aug 25, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene's home targeted in second swatting call, police say

The call came in as if it had been made from a suicide crisis center, but it actually came from an internet chat, police said.

• Aug 25, 2022

Judge orders Trump search affidavit be made public with redactions

The judge said the government had met its obligations to justify the redactions.

• Aug 25, 2022

Record number of women are running for governor and winning their primaries

At least 23 women are major party nominees for governor, breaking the previous records set for both Democrats and Republicans.

• Aug 25, 2022

2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary

Prosecutors say two people from Florida have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000.

• Aug 25, 2022

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