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The 4 different ways Republicans are reacting to the Hunter Biden verdict
Republicans are torn between celebrating and bashing Hunter Biden's conviction on gun charges on Tu…
Bryan Metzger
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Accused Capitol rioters are talking themselves into deeper trouble at hearings and trials related to January 6
January 6 defendants are going to trial and sometimes testifying in their own defense. Their words …
C. Ryan Barber
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Guilty: A retired New York City cop was convicted of assaulting a police officer on January 6
Thomas Webster's self-defense claim failed to persuade a jury, which found the retired New York Cit…
C. Ryan Barber
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A January 6 defendant claims he grabbed a police officer's gas mask so the cop could 'see my hands.' Prosecutors had questions.
"I'm not exaggerating," a retired New York City cop testified, arguing that he acted in self-defens…
C. Ryan Barber
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Police struggled to recall assaults after the 'traumatic' Capitol riot, a Metropolitan Police detective testified
"Reviewing that over and over again was traumatic," a detective testified at trial, noting how offi…
C. Ryan Barber
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Ex-NYC cop is standing trial on charges he assaulted police on January 6
A former New York police officer is putting a self-defense argument to the test as he stands trial …
C. Ryan Barber
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Amy Coney Barrett's nomination hearing is underway. Here are some of the most contentious Supreme Court nominations in US history
The past 50 years have seen bitter fights over an increasingly partisan Supreme Court, from Robert …
Jacqueline Baylon,Brittany St…
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A former NYC cop got 10 years in prison a new record in a January 6 case — for assaulting police during the Capitol attack
The Justice Department said Thomas Webster, a former NYC police officer, came to Washington, DC, "r…
C. Ryan Barber
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A police officer denied punching an accused Capitol rioter who's claiming self-defense against January 6 charges
"I think it's sad. This whole incident is tragic," a police officer said of January 6, in testimony…
C. Ryan Barber
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New bodycam video shows ex-NYPD cop wielding a flag pole and tackling a police officer during the Capitol riot
The footage, which was obtained by CNN after months of legal challenges, shows the ex-cop berating …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Over 100 Republican national-security experts implore Trump to concede the presidential election to Biden and start the transition process
A letter asks GOP leaders to "publicly demand that President Trump cease his anti-democratic assaul…
John L. Dorman
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DOJ seeks the longest Capitol riot prison term yet — 17 years for 'eye-gouging' ex-NYPD officer who swung a flagpole at police
The 210 months sought by the DOJ for Thomas Webster would be the longest Capitol riot sentence. His…
Mia Jankowicz
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Ex-NYPD officer charged with using a flagpole to assault a cop during the US Capitol riot
Thomas Webster was charged with assaulting a member of the Metropolitan Police Department during th…
Charles Davis
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SoulCycle's new CEO explains 'what on earth' she was thinking joining an in-person studio fitness company during a pandemic
"People have asked me since I joined, 'What on earth were you thinking?'" the new SoulCycle CEO, Ev…
Mary Hanbury
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In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.
Slave-owning US presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, as well as leaders Da…
Yoonji Han
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Astroworld concertgoer names Drake in addition to Travis Scott and Live Nation in lawsuit after festival leaves 8 dead
The suit states that Drake, who was a special guest at the festival, helped to "incite the crowd" a…
Zac Ntim,Hannah Beckler
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Scientists say the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could soon be declared a pandemic. Here's what that means.
The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 362 people and infected more than 17,000 in more than 24 countries…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Trump trolls Tom Perez on DNC win: 'I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican Party!'
The race between Perez and Ellison was frequently compared to that of Clinton and Sanders, with Per…
Michelle Mark
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These are the US troops that lost their lives during the terror attack in Kabul
Thirteen US service members were killed at the Kabul airport on Thursday in a deadly ISIS-K suicide…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Erin …
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Here's when it gets more difficult to learn a new language, according to science
According to Thomas Bak, Ph.D., a neuroscientist from the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive…