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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country’s strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year after a momentous tenure that made him a top target of the boisterous and burgeoning movement against vaccination mandates.

The legalization of recreational use of cannabis will not be a topic when Missouri lawmakers meet at the Capitol next week.

The former Republican House speaker is believed to have repeatedly contacted White House aides about fake electors

The committee cited emails he sent about electors and ads pushing 2020 fraud claims.

Trump’s offer of support at odds with his track record of refusing to help allies in legal peril

A lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol

The fictional rapper FN Meka – designed by non-Black creators, with AI-created music – seems like the latest version of a minstrel show

At critical junctures in their histories, political parties reassess their platforms, methods and the qualities and values they desire their politicians to embody. The Jan. 6 coup attempt that intended to keep President Donald Trump in office illegally was such a moment for the GOP, which ever since has been…

Dawn Frankowski, 54, now faces up to six months behind bars.