Readers respond to an essay by Representative Jamie Raskin and to an editorial. Also: Risky changes in vaccine policy; a new Kennedy Center.

A new poll found that 25% of U.S. adults think the FBI “organized and encouraged” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, despite there being no credible evidence to support that idea. Numerous federal investigations of the Capitol attack, and ...

WASHINGTON -- Nearly one year ago, thousands of people from nearly every state in the country traveled to Washington, D.C., where many of them stormed the nation's Capitol building after a political rally in an effort to stop the certification of Joe Biden ...

WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who attacked officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol while wearing a "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" sweatshirt was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday, lashing out at the Trump-appointed judge ...

The college football transfer portal opened Friday, Jan. 2, and players are flying off the shelf. The portal runs through Jan. 16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship. We'll keep you posted with daily live updates of portal commitments.

WASHINGTON D.C. – For the past year, words like sedition, treason, and insurrection have been used to describe what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. Yet, none of the hundreds of people charged in connection with that day have been charged with those specific ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday ordered Riley Williams, a 23-year-old right-wing extremist, taken into federal custody after a jury convicted her on six of the eight counts she faced in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. Williams was found guilty ...

But Trump's pardons and commutations for people he has called "patriots" did not wipe away certain defendants' extensive criminal records or any other criminal charges they may be facing. While many people had no criminal record prior to committing crimes ...

Joan Donovan is on the board of Free Press and the founder of the Critical Internet Studies Institute. The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades.

According to the Florida Department of Management Services, there are nine paid holidays for state agencies in 2026. The department does not show on its website Jan. 2, although DeSantis declared the Friday after New Year's Day a 2026 holiday for state employees in November. Listed holidays for 2026 are:

Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald J. Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, turning the seat of American democracy into the scene of an unforgettable crime. Inside, lawmakers had been preparing to count the Electoral College votes ...

Jamie Raskin is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. He was the lead prosecutor in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump and is the author of “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy.”