Texas State Troopers Join Patrols in Austin
Scores of state highway troopers, usually found on roadways across Texas in their distinctive cowboy hats and black-and-white patrol vehicles, have descended on Austin, the...
On the Campaign Trail, an Impossible Task: Ignoring Trump’s Latest Charges
Days after the front-runner was indicted on charges of trying to subvert an election, Republican candidates in their presidential primary returned to the campaign trail...
Trump’s Legal Team Is Enmeshed in a Tangle of Possible Conflicts
M. Evan Corcoran, a lawyer who accompanied former President Donald J. Trump to court this week for his arraignment on charges of trying to overturn...
In a Reversal, A.P. Psychology May Be Allowed in Florida Schools After All
Students in Florida may be permitted to take Advanced Placement psychology in the coming school year, officials said on Friday, a day after the College...
Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions
A Texas judge ruled on Friday that the state must allow doctors to provide abortions to pregnant women whose health or lives are in danger,...
Man Who Threatened Arizona Election Officials Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison
A man who called for a “mass shooting of poll workers” and threatened two Arizona county officials and their families over the 2022 election was...
Devon Archer Testimony on Bidens Doesn’t Back Up Biggest G.O.P. Claims
Republicans who for months have accused President Biden without proof of crime and corruption thought that a former business partner of his son’s could be...
How Jack Smith Structured the Trump Election Indictment to Reduce Risks
In accusing former President Donald J. Trump of conspiring to subvert American democracy, the special counsel, Jack Smith, charged the same story three different ways....
Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening DeSantis, Cruz and Other Republicans
An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to making death threats on social media against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and other...
Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons
Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of a range of felonies is cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment and “is...
The Synagogue Attack Stands Alone, but Experts Say Violent Rhetoric Is Spreading
Mass shooters do not often end up on trial. Many are killed or take their own lives in their attacks, some leaving behind a manifesto...
Conviction Reversed Over Judge’s Remark That Black Man ‘Looks Like a Criminal’
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the sentence and the conviction of a Black man after a white federal judge in Michigan had said...
Man Charged in Davis, Calif., Stabbings Found Not Competent for Trial
A Northern California judge has ruled that a former college student is not mentally competent to stand trial for a series of stabbings that killed...
A Rising Tide Lifts Many Boats, but So Far Not Biden’s
Inflation at long last is down. So are gas prices and Covid deaths and violent crime and illegal immigration. Unemployment remains near record lows. The...