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Conspiracy theories may be baseless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government and inciting violence.
Michigan’s attorney general has charged 16 people in a fake electors plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Here’s how the Electoral College works.
The Justice Department issues target letters to people who are about to be charged with crimes, giving them a warning and a chance to get legal counsel.
Before there was Jack Smith, there was the House January 6 committee. Its work and findings may provide a hint about what new charges Smith might lodge against former President Donald Trump.
Studies show, though, that voters don’t like all that nastiness.
The promise of pardons to offer criminal sanctuary likely undermines the rule of law and increases the risks of political violence.
50 films, around a third brilliant, and only two duds. We would never find this outside of an international film festival.
Since Facebook removed online hate groups and individuals from its platform, extremist groups are increasingly organizing in more discreet ways.
The founder of a violent anti-government group has been sent to prison for seditious conspiracy. Experts explain what that means.
A psychologist looks at if there is anything Donald Trump could do that might stop his supporters in their tracks.
The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Congress means Trump’s European allies need to carefully gauge their support for him.
Who are the Proud Boys, what do they want and is there a path back into society for these extremists?
The 2022 parliament protests were unprecedented, but something similar could still happen again. What lessons can be drawn from the recent report into police handling of the event?
The House of Representatives is breaking norms and establishing a new way for the body to do business.
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants the world to be more “open and connected”, but his decision to block archiving the company’s social media content argues otherwise.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet with President Biden at the White House on Feb. 10, 2023, to discuss several joint issues. But democracy is job one.
‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
The mysterious QAnon network is becoming an international movement, and an estimated 22% of Americans back one of its core beliefs.
The chaos in Brazil’s capital, along with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the US, demonstrate that there is a key human factor in election integrity.
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