On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued pardons to approximately 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. This move fulfills his campaign promise to release supporters involved in the incident.
In a surprising move, the judge overseeing the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan instructed the jury on Monday to disregard all testimony from Illinois state Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island. Judge John Robert Blakey gave no explanation for the decision, despite Rita’s brief testimony on October 24.
The environmental supervisor for Rockdale County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, Kenny Johnson, died after testifying on the recent Georgia biolab fire.
Judicial Watch received 5 pages of records from the FBI in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that revealed several officials from the bureau's Newark Field Office communicated with each other regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
Residents of the state of Washington have raised concerns about free speech violations after it was learned that the governor, Jay Inslee (D), is expected to sign a bill creating a "bias incident hotline."
