The Washington Times

Supreme Court grapples with obstruction charge lobbed at 350 Jan. 6 defendants, Trump

The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the government’s case against 350 Jan. 6 defendants from the 2021 protest at the Capitol, with justices pondering how a law written in the wake of the Enron document-shredding scandal can be applied to those who brought the 2020 election certification to a halt.

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News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign

Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.

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Mexican cartel uses death threat to force tribal leader to cancel U.S. House testimony

A Mexican drug cartel used death threats to force a tribal leader to back out of testifying to Congress this week, according to another tribal leader who did show up to tell lawmakers just how much power the drug lords have accumulated.

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Americans’ email, calls, texts in the crosshairs: Congress takes up fight over feds’ spy powers

National security officials have mounted a full-court press in recent weeks to try to head off major changes to the government’s most important snooping authority, warning Capitol Hill that terrorists will benefit if lawmakers require the FBI to get a warrant before querying Americans’ names in its massive trove of data.

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Superintendent complains about ‘privileged White people’ during school training session

A Colorado schools superintendent has had enough of certain White people.

Tony Byrd, superintendent of the Summit School District in Frisco, complained at a January professional development session about the “privileged White people” who sit on the local School Accountability Committee and District Accountability Committee.

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