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US judge grants DOJ's request to dismiss cases against far-right Oath Keepers for January 6 riots

The ruling from Washington-based US District Judge Amit Mehta tosses out convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and other members of the group who were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

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A mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.
A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.

Convicted January 6 rioter appointed to sensitive Pentagon counterterrorism job - report

Elias Irizarry, 24, was appointed to a post in the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Washington Post reported. 

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Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race, disrupted a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on military readiness.

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A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Holocaust survivor to address US Congress on anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

Albert Garih, a French Jew who survived the Holocaust, is set to speak about the rising antisemitism worldwide during the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Four Proud Boys were on the FBI's radar before the Capitol Riots

The Proud Boys have earned a reputation as right-wing protestors and street fighters who have clashed with leftists at rallies in Portland, New York, Washington and elsewhere.

APRIL 27, 2021ByREUTERS
An FBI vehicle

US Homeland Security to investigate domestic extremism in its ranks

President Joe Biden called for funding to investigate any complaints of white supremacist beliefs at immigration enforcement agencies within DHS.

APRIL 27, 2021ByREUTERS
U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

Brooklyn man, 19, charged with breaking into Capitol on Jan. 6

The man told FBI agents that he “wanted to be where the action was”.

APRIL 23, 2021ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
A mob of supporters of former US President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

Two Proud Boys detained by US judge over role in storming Capitol

The judge said in his ruling that Nordean and Biggs are charged with "gravely serious matters" and their leadership roles and lack of remorse all weighed in favor of detention.

APRIL 19, 2021ByREUTERS
Proud Boys and supporters of the police participate in a protest in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 22, 2020

Oath Keepers founding member is first to plead guilty in US Capitol riot

Five people, including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, died in the violence.

APRIL 18, 2021ByREUTERS
A mob of supporters of former US President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

Capitol Police leadership held back some equipment during riot-official

Protesters during last summer's anti-racism demonstrations were injured by such weapons.

APRIL 15, 2021ByREUTERS
Pro-Trump protesters storm into the US Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021

FBI director says US far-right extremists traveled to network in Europe

Wray said some US far-right extremists had traveled to Europe to meet and possibly train with activists.

APRIL 15, 2021ByREUTERS
A Nazi's salute at a neo-Nazi rally in Kansas City, Missouri. (Dave Kaup/Reuters)

Nikki Haley: I won't run for President if Trump does

"That is something we'll have a conversation about at some point if a decision like that has to be made."

APRIL 13, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN
Former UN ambassador from the US Nikki Haley

Editor of Jewish Press revealed as one of the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

Elliot Resnick was identified in a video of the Capitol breach by an anonymous researcher and first reported by Politico.

APRIL 8, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Elliot Resnick, the chief editor of the Jewish Press, was among the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6.

Capitol ramming attack perpetrator never in Nation of Islam - statement

The Nation of Islam disavowed Green's actions, which "violates our teachings."

APRIL 7, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Religious leader Louis Farrakhan gives the keynote speech at the Nation of Islam Saviours' Day convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. February 19, 2017.