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Jacob Knutson

Jury orders Alex Jones to pay $45 million in punitive damages

Alex Jones during a protest at the Texas State Capitol in Austin in April 2020.
Andrew Solender
Updated Aug 5, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in car crash

Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)
Shawna Chen

Police change account of car crash that killed Rep. Walorski

Photo of Jackie Walorski holding a phone to her ear outside a building entrance
Herb Scribner

Man who threatened to kill Fauci sentenced to 3 years in prison

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate hearing.
Julia Shapero

RNC officially approves Milwaukee as site of 2024 convention

Shawna Chen

Sikhs say hate that drove Oak Creek shooting is now mainstream

Photo of a sign that says "Sikh Temple of Wisconsin" and memorial sites showing pictures of victims
Emma Hurt

"96% of the time": New GOP attack ad ties Warnock to Biden

Raphael Warnock
Herb Scribner

Biden to visit Kentucky after deadly floods

President Joe Biden wears a protective face mask.
Julia Shapero

Fetterman to hold first rally since stroke

Neil Irwin

America's labor market is on fire

Illustration of a pattern of "we're hiring" signs, in different colors.
Courtenay Brown

U.S. adds whopping 528,000 jobs in July as labor market booms

Jacob Knutson
Updated Aug 5, 2022 - Politics & Policy

China sanctions Pelosi and halts U.S. talks over Taiwan trip

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disembarking a plane in Fussa, Japan, on Aug. 4.
Alexi McCammond

Dems dodge on Biden '24

Rebecca Falconer
Updated Aug 5, 2022 - World

Pelosi says China "will not isolate Taiwan" as drills ramp up near island

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on August 5.
Rebecca Falconer
Updated Aug 5, 2022 - World

In photos: China's military drills encircle Taiwan

A Chinese military vessel sails off Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 5.
Rebecca Falconer

FBI chief expresses alarm at rise in politically driven violence in U.S.

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI at the U.S. Capitol on May 25.
Rebecca Falconer

Meta shuts down Russian troll farm linked to sanctioned Putin ally

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2010.
Shawna Chen

Democrats secure Sinema's support for Inflation Reduction Act

Jeremy Duda

Trump-backed Kari Lake wins GOP nomination for Arizona governor

Kari Lake holds her arms out to her sides
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