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Extremism

FBI charges a January 6 defendant Trump pardoned with threatening federal judges, after a Facebook post saying all January 6 judges “will be executed.”

Republican Sen. Moreno tells a Trump rally Michigan’s Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed belongs “nowhere near Washington” for not grasping that “Jesus came here for our salvation.”

Health Secretary Kennedy says 500 million Arabs “don’t produce science” or literature and don’t win Nobels, when asked about Michigan’s Senate race with Democrat El-Sayed.

Illinois man charged with mailing salt he said looks like anthrax to four members of Congress, in envelopes bearing his own name and address.

Election offices in at least 32 states were targeted with suspicious letters two weeks before the midterms, WIRED finds, with five evacuated over white powder.

AP finds racial slurs and Nazi sympathies on the fan forum Trump-endorsed Nevada House candidate O’Donnell runs and taps for campaign cash.

Ambassador to Israel Huckabee calls West Bank settlers’ beating of an American photojournalist “terror,” as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls it “alleged.”

Federal prosecutors charge 18-year-old Minnesotan who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS with plotting Oct. 24 attack on Hmong festival at the Mall of America.

Trump approves firing squad for Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 at Fort Hood, in what would be the first US military execution in 65 years.

British police arrest five men suspected of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford, the base US bombers use to strike Iran, evacuating 85 homes.

Federal judge sentences Minneapolis man to 14 months for spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) with vinegar at town hall, rejecting the “harmless kitchen substance” defense.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) calls for public execution of Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, after a mistrial with jurors 11-1 toward an insanity acquittal.

Florida GOP state House nominee Marshall Rawson marched in the 2017 Charlottesville rally carrying a neo-Confederate group’s flag, video surfaced by Talking Points Memo shows.

Trump reposts his January 6 “we love you, go home” video to Capitol rioters hours after marking the 9/11 anniversary at the Pentagon.

Ohio Republican Sen. Husted fires campaign political director he hired a month ago after Washington Post found his Facebook profile photo showed Nazi SS soldiers.

Man with 2 holstered handguns and brass knuckles rushes Democrat Amy Acton, running for Ohio governor, mid-speech at a county fair, injuring 2 volunteers.

US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee tells Palestinian Americans in the West Bank that Israeli settler attacks are “an act of terror,” a label US envoys normally reserve for Palestinians.

ICE deports far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos to Britain 2 days after his airport arrest, as conservative activist Laura Loomer claims she exposed the Trump critic’s overstay.

ICE detains far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at the New Orleans airport for overstaying a 2019 visa, after years of urging mass deportations and ICE checkpoints at supermarkets.

FBI arrests an Albany woman it says pledged allegiance to ISIS and planned to bomb the New York State Capitol while senators met inside.

Raleigh Jane English gets more than six years in prison for a confessed plot to assassinate Treasury Secretary Bessent on his confirmation day.

DFW Airport drops plans for two Muslim foot-washing stations after Governor Abbott orders a state grant review and refers the airport for federal investigation.

DOJ arrests far-right extremism expert Heidi Beirich on financial charges in its case against the Southern Poverty Law Center’s KKK informant program.

Judge “reluctantly” grants DOJ’s request to dismiss the final Jan. 6 prosecution against eight Oath Keepers, writing that the epilogue “excuses criminal acts.”

More than 1,000 march against ICE in Fishers, Indiana, countering a secret-location rally keynoted by former Border Patrol commander Bovino.

Vance Boelter receives two consecutive life terms plus 40 years for assassinating former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman and her husband and shooting Sen. Hoffman’s family.

Army veteran armed with knives and a machete sets off fireworks and fires an airsoft rifle outside Manhattan’s main immigration building, injuring three.

Judge permanently dismisses Proud Boys leaders’ January 6 seditious conspiracy convictions at DOJ’s request, writing that granting the motion is not agreement with it.

Ohio grand jury indicts 8 men on terrorism and murder conspiracy charges in a foiled drone and sniper attack targeting Trump’s June White House UFC event.

Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges over paying informants inside the KKK, a prosecution it calls political retribution.

Judge rules Trump’s blanket January 6 pardon does not shield the accused DC pipe bomber, who was not charged until months after it issued.

Trump posts a doctored image of the Obamas boarding a graffiti-covered Air Force One, months after his deleted post depicting the couple as primates.

About 400 masked Patriot Front members march through Washington on July 4 with Confederate flags, chanting “reclaim America” as the capital marks its 250th anniversary.

Federal judges sentence seven more people for terrorism over the shooting at a Texas immigration detention center protest, a week after eight others got up to 100 years.

Eight activists get up to 100 years for a Texas ICE-facility attack that wounded a police officer, the first sentences under Trump’s antifa terrorism designation.

The FBI arrests five men in four states over an alleged plot to use explosive drones against the White House UFC fights.

A federal judge dismisses the University of Florida College Republicans’ free speech lawsuit over a deactivation that followed a member’s Nazi salute photo.

Vance Boelter pleads guilty to murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting state Senator John Hoffman, avoiding the death penalty.

The Pentagon hires Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on January 6, into a sensitive office running counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions.

Minnesota Republican delegates hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin at the state party convention, days after the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

SPLC moves to dismiss DOJ fraud indictment as vindictive prosecution after Trump, Patel, and Blanche attacked civil rights group’s Klan-informant program.

Chula Vista police sought court order to remove guns from San Diego mosque shooter’s home 16 months before attack, citing Nazi idolization.

Jewish woman married to Black man sues whites-only Arkansas Ozarks community for denying her land purchase under Fair Housing Act.

Texas AG Paxton opens investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center after April DOJ fraud charges over alleged $3 million paid to KKK-tied individuals.

FBI tries to interview Milwaukee County elections director Michelle Hawley at her home as agency seeks information on county’s 180,000 absentee ballots from 2020 election.

Trump fires off 55 posts in three hours calling Obama a “traitor” and tagging acting AG Blanche in demands to arrest him.

Trump nominates election deniers Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano as ambassadors to Jamaica and Slovakia, four years after losing battleground governor races.

New poll finds 24% of Americans believe the April attempt on Trump’s life at the Correspondents’ dinner was staged.

North Carolina man pleads guilty to doxing Supreme Court justice’s home address in April 2025, day after Alien Enemies Act ruling.

ACLU, Amnesty International and 120 groups warn World Cup visitors of “serious risk” from Trump immigration enforcement seven weeks before tournament.

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