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Guns and the Defense: The jury in the Kenosha, Wisconsin trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse found him not guilty of any crimes in the killing of two men and wounding of a third during street demonstrations in August of 2020.   Rittenhouse …

A Lot of Talk: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke on the floor for eight and a half hours overnight in an effort to block a vote on President Biden’s giant climate change and social policy bill. McCarthy started talking at 8:38 …

No Apologies: The House voted yesterday to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for his posting of an anime video that depicted him killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and assaulting President Biden.   Only two Republicans voted with the Democrats, Representatives Liz …

Borderline Behavior: The crisis at the border of Poland and Belarus turned violent yesterday with Polish authorities using water cannon, tear gas, and rubber bullets to turn back a crush of desperate migrants. Despite that, the migrants continued overnight to crash …

The Chaos Tourist: As the jury starts deliberations today in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two protesters in 2020 and wounded a third, what’s on trial as much as the 18-year-old defendant is the notion of self-defense …

Lesser Included: As the case against the Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse goes to the jury today, the judge in the case says he will allow the jury to consider what’s called “lesser included” charges, including whether the defendant provoked the …

The Court Hits Pause: A federal appeals court has granted Donald Trump a delay for the release of presidential documents sought by the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection. The deadline had been today.   The court set oral arguments on …

Tears for the Defense: Eighteen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse broke down in sobs yesterday as he testified about shooting and killing Joseph Rosenbaum, the first of two men he killed and one he wounded during street demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August of …

The House Wins: A federal judge yesterday overruled Donald Trump’s objections and ordered that hundreds of pages of the former president’s White House records must be handed over to the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol insurrection.   “The court holds that …