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The review acknowledged that several informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, but said that only a handful were collecting information for the F.B.I. that day, contrary to conspiracy theories.

Most of those being granted clemency had been placed in home confinement during the pandemic. Some Republicans have tried to push legislation that would have forced those people to return …

The rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, admitted to possessing guns as a felon in Louisiana. He faced a maximum sentence of 25 years.

President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Ed Martin, a Missouri Republican with a long track record as an anti-abortion activist, for a top position in the agency that administers the budget.

Ryan Borgwardt returned to the United States on his own after staging his own drowning death and fleeing the country, the authorities said.

As Republicans try to muscle through a bill that is nominally dedicated to hurricane relief but in fact erodes Democrats’ influence, residents of the areas hit hardest say they urgently …

No structures were damaged and no one was injured, but students spent a frantic night sheltering in place as thousands of nearby residents evacuated.

Mr. Van Dyke, who turns 99 on Friday, said that he and his wife, Arlene, had fled their home with their pets as the Franklin fire threatened their community.

In interviews, a range of Democratic governors expressed some defiance toward the president-elect’s expected crackdown, but also showed a surprising willingness to work with him.

The Franklin fire started Monday night and began to spread quickly, as large parts of Southern California braced for dangerous wildfire conditions.