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What Happened Today – August 4, 2026

Capitol security camera image from January 6, 2021, with labels identifying ten Oath Keepers members and associates in the crowd inside the building

Oath Keepers members moved through the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a surveillance photo prosecutors labeled as evidence before DOJ dismissed the final case against them. (US Department of Justice photo)

Kansas beat the anti-abortion movement twice in two days. On Monday, Judge Christopher Jayaram issued a 260 page ruling that the state cannot force women to wait 24 hours or answer questions about their finances or their reasons before ending a pregnancy. He wrote that under the Kansas Constitution’s guarantee of bodily autonomy, his ruling … Read more

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