FBI data shows an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2022
Hate crimes based on gender identity were up 32.9% year over year.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023Hate crimes based on gender identity were up 32.9% year over year.
By Will Fritz - October 19, 2023Republicans claim to support 'law and order,' but they want to defund the Justice Department and FBI over their investigations into former President Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - June 13, 2023A county commissioner reportedly discussed hanging Black people because 'they got more rights than we got' and knowing 'two or three hit men' while talking with a sheriff and other officials.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2023The department denied the House Judiciary Committee chair’s demands for access to information on President Biden because it would ‘risk jeopardizing’ investigations.
By Oliver Willis - January 31, 2023Voters didn’t fall for the bogus narrative of unchecked violent crime and so-called ‘defunding’ of police under Democratic leadership.
By Matt Cohen - December 27, 2022A federal investigation into allegations that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his powers began in 2020.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2022Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made the comments at a ‘conservative activist summit’ in Atlanta, where he was campaigning for Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
By Josh Israel - August 30, 2022‘I think that’s an insult to Banana Republics across the country,’ Bo Hines told a right-wing radio program.
By Emily Singer - August 15, 2022‘Tonight the FBI officially became the enemy of the people!!!’ Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas tweeted.
By Emily Singer - August 09, 2022Trump is under investigation for keeping classified White House documents at his Palm Beach residence.
By Associated Press - August 09, 2022Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) argued the measure ‘will make it harder to recruit’ military members.
By Josh Israel - July 14, 2022Republican candidate and election denier Ryan D. Kelley was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in yet another twist in the Michigan GOP’s gubernatorial primary.
By Adrian Cole - June 10, 2022J.R. Majewski will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the general election for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District.
By Emily Singer - May 04, 2022Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) appears taking a page from former President Donald Trump’s legal playbook.
By Josh Israel - February 07, 2022The Iowa Republican once thanked police officers for defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Times have changed.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2022Republican incumbents in the House have been investigated for allegedly lying to the FBI, using campaign funds to pay for vacations, bullying staff, and sex trafficking.
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2022Fox News repeated falsehoods from a House Republican attack against the attorney general.
By Oliver Willis - November 17, 2021‘The Justice Department is sparing no resource to identify and bring to justice anyone, anywhere who targets the United States with a ransomware attack,’ said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2021Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) has been charged with concealing information and making false statements to the FBI.
By Emily Singer - October 25, 2021Several conservative members of Congress are calling for an investigation over false claims about Garland’s son-in-law.
By Matt Cohen - October 08, 2021The gang at Fox News would rather the Justice Department focus on last year’s protests than the current attacks on school board officials as they try to enforce COVID rules.
By Oliver Willis - October 07, 2021The head of the FBI has said the Jan. 6 insurrection was an act of domestic terrorism.
By Emily Singer - October 07, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claims the Biden administration is trying to ‘intimidate’ and ‘silence parents.’
By Oliver Willis - October 06, 2021The Department of Justice is calling in the FBI to deal with a spate of violence and threats against school officials as Republicans rail against mask mandates and critical race theory.
By Emily Singer - October 05, 2021There is no proof to support the Florida congressman’s claim that FBI agents planned the attack themselves.
By Oliver Willis - September 30, 2021The number of anti-trans hate crimes reported in 2020 in the United States was much higher than in the previous year.
By Casey Quinlan - September 01, 2021The Department of Justice said it will ‘vigorously prosecute’ the growing number of Americans who are making violent threats against civil servants.
By Emily Singer - July 30, 2021The FBI has asked for the public’s help in preventing violent extremism.
By Oliver Willis - July 14, 2021Sen. Marsha Blackburn criticized the FBI after it called for the public’s help.
By Oliver Willis - July 13, 2021Those being sought include many accused of violent attacks on officers.
By Associated Press - July 06, 2021