Federal

A man charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol backed out of a deal to plead guilty just days after a federal judge declared another defendant not guilty in the first acquittal connected to the attack.

The White House is threatening to hold states "accountable" for passing laws that protect children from irreversible procedures used to transition genders.

The border crisis has reached a point where a growing chorus in Texas is pushing for the state to take matters into its own hands.

One of the Jan. 6 defendants was acquitted on Wednesday after he brought evidence that police allowed him into the Capitol building.

During a press conference this week, members of the group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) described how they recently obtained the remains of 115 fetuses from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic.

A bill in Alabama that would ban transgender treatments for minors, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, has passed out of the legislature and will go to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for signature.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Military Department to begin mass migration response rehearsals along the state’s border with Mexico.

All House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voted against a proposed amendment to a domestic terrorism bill that would have prevented American intelligence and security agencies from receiving taxpayer funds to “monitor, analyze, investigate or prosecute” Americans unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema issue joint statement expressing concerns about the plan.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign, its lawyer and a tech executive took part in a “joint venture” to gather and spread dirt about Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, special counsel John Durham charges in a new filing.