Politics & Government

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, is seen on a screen during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol in June.

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In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

2:55pm September 27, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

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The White House is proposing pilot programs for Medicare to cover medically tailored meals — like the ones in this file photo — as well as nutrition and obesity counselling.

Why the White House wants to put nutrition labels on the front of food packages

2:49pm September 27, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The Biden administration unveiled its plan to end hunger and diet-related diseases in eight years — 40 pages of ideas to make nutritious food easier to get in America.

In this 2020 file photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. Florida is one of about half of U.S. states that have ballot curing provisions.

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Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

10:10am September 27, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Capitol Dome

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This congressional staff became the first in U.S. history to form a union

10:08am September 27, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The Congressional Workers Union announced Monday that the office of Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., has won their union election — the first one to do so on the Hill.

Social media company Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The Facebook parent company says it has removed a Russian network pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a Chinese network targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

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Facebook takes down Russian network impersonating European news outlets

8:15am September 27, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a separate Chinese campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

A grand jury in Georgia is expected to hear from ex-Trump official Meadows

7:27am September 27, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is set to testify Tuesday before a grand jury in Fulton County regarding efforts to try to overturn the state's 2020 election.

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News brief: Oath Keepers' trial, protests inside Russia, Iran's foreign minister

6:09am September 27, 2022

Some Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy. Moscow confronts protests over its call-up of military reservists. Iran's foreign minister responds to the suppression of peaceful protests.

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In the latest Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

6:09am September 27, 2022

The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers antigovernment group, Stewart Rhodes, and four others go on trial Tuesday on charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a reelection campaign rally. Ahead of the first round of voting on Oct. 2, Bolsonaro has baselessly claimed that voting machines will be rigged against him, an echo of former U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.

Brazilians are about to vote. And they're dealing with familiar viral election lies

5:00am September 27, 2022

by Shannon Bond

As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election.

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Many fear Brazil will see its own 'Big Lie' about election fraud soon

6:09pm September 26, 2022

by Shannon Bond

As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election.

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