Legislation has been filed which would return the granite Ten Commandments monument, given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky ...

The former Florida congressman has already begun his new duties. Complicating matters for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, Waltz isn’t alone: Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Trump’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Chutkan, who also presided over several Capitol riot cases, contended that federal judges in Washington administered justice “without fear or favor” over the last four years. She insisted that ...

By Ja'han Jones When Donald Trump pardoned roughly 1,500 rioters who stormed the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election, my first thought turned to what roles in society they will assume after ...

Authorities in Kentucky are investigating racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers telling immigrants to “leave now” and “avoid deportation” that were discovered in multiple cities over the past ...

Nearly everyone involved in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, received clemency from President Donald Trump on Monday in one of his earliest acts back in office. The new president cast ...

He's not the only one who affected by the Capitol riots appalled by Trump's pardons. Craig Sicknick, the brother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died soon after the attack ...

Almost four years to the day since his father was taken into custody for his part in the January 6 Capitol riot, Jackson Reffitt watched in complete shock as President Donald Trump signed an ...

Michael Fanone, one of the officers who was beaten while defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, said on Tuesday that Donald Trump’s pardons for the rioters, including those who attacked the ...

Michael Fanone says he's been threatened since testifying about the Capitol attack, in which he had a heart attack after being bashed and tasered. He says Donald Trump's decision to free the ...

President Donald Trump is defending one of his most divisive actions since returning to the White House — pardoning nearly everyone convicted in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Trump in a ...