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Christian Navy veteran charged with hate crime for beheading demon statue at Iowa Capitol

Hundreds of statues of historical and religious significance have been toppled across the United States in recent years. Government officials have often rewarded the iconoclasts they are responsible for, rather than stopping them, at least when they themselves are not directly responsible. But this week it became clear that those in power still hold some […]

Big Tech CEOs head to Capitol Hill

Ahead of Wednesday’s hearing, several social media companies announced the following: new initiatives We aim to protect children online. meta, Parent company of Facebook and Instagramannounced the framework for the bill earlier this month, requiring app stores to verify the age of users and require parental approval for downloads by teenagers. Also on Monday, it […]

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced for contempt of Congress in Capitol riot probe

Former President Trump White House official Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for ignoring a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the 2021 Capitol riot. Navarro, 74, claimed he could not subpoena testimony and related documents due to executive privilege, but a D.C. jury found him guilty of two […]

Number of threats to lawmakers climbed in 2023: Capitol Police

The U.S. Capitol Police announced Thursday that it investigated more than 8,000 incidents of threats against members of Congress in 2023, an increase from the previous year. There were about 7,500 threats in 2022, but both numbers fell short of 2021's total of about 9,600, which was exacerbated by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The […]