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Law Enforcement Leaders Contend With the Extremists in Their Ranks

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: When protective orders don’t protect. When Rosemarie Reilly filled out the petition for a temporary protective order, she checked two boxes — one saying her ex-boyfriend had firearms, the other saying…

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Biden Team Gears up to Combat Domestic Extremists

What To Know Today Biden administration launches security review on domestic extremism. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced Friday that the director of national intelligence would lead the threat assessment in conjunction with the…

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Judge Denies NRA’s Bid to Dismiss New York Lawsuit Seeking Its Dissolution

What To Know Today A bid by the gun group to toss the suit on technical grounds or move it is rejected. In a hearing, lawyers for the National Rifle Association argued that New York Attorney General Letitia James’s…

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An Inaugural Plea to ‘End This Uncivil War’

What To Know Today “We must end this uncivil war.” In a somber but resolute inaugural address that referenced the Capitol attack, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for unity in facing the “rise of…

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Pro-Gun Militia Members Charged for Allegedly Plotting Insurrection

What To Know Today FBI vetting leads to the removal of a dozen National Guard members from inauguration detail. A defense and intelligence official told the Associated Press that all 12 had links to…

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The Continuing Case for ‘Aggressive Vigilance’

What To Know This Week Why this weekend’s armed protests fizzled. Conspiracy theories can cut both ways, and far-right figures’ paranoid hesitancy to encourage participation likely contributed to the weak turnout at demonstrations that days earlier had prompted an…

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A Mostly Calm Weekend in Fortress America

What To Know Today A largely quiet weekend in American cities transformed into citadels. Following intelligence warnings about the possibility of armed marches in all 50 state capitals and Washington, D.C., “promised right-wing protests, at least on Sunday, were…

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When Policies to Stem White Violence Harm Black People Instead

What To Know Today Policies that target white violence have often ended up ensnaring people of color. After a pair of white students killed 12 classmates and a teacher in the 1999 Columbine school shooting, the federal government granted…

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Lawmakers Protest — and Some Ignore — New Capitol Security Measures

What To Know Today Lawmakers protest — and some ignore — new Capitol security measures. On Tuesday, the Office of the House Sergeant-at-Arms set up new metal detectors outside the House chamber. Congressional regulations exempt legislators from a ban on guns…

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New Details About the Man Arrested Near the Capitol With a Cache of Guns

What To Know This Week Court records add alarming details about the man arrested near the Capitol with guns. The 70-year-old Alabama resident faces 17 weapons charges after authorities found five illegal guns, a “large-capacity ammo feeding device,” numerous…

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Michigan Bans Open Carry of Guns Inside State Capitol

What To Know Today Michigan votes to ban openly carried guns in state Capitol. The Michigan State Capitol Commission, a six-member panel of political appointees that serves as a caretaker for the Capitol and its grounds, came to the…

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Riot as Recruiting Tool

What To Know Today “Right now it looks not great”: Far-right and pro-Trump groups plan marches, protests ahead of the inauguration. “On January 6th, their energy was focused on Congress,” says extremism researcher Megan Squire.

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Gun Arrests Underscore Trump Mob’s Dark Intentions

What To Know Today “If D.C. was a gun-friendly city, this could have been much worse.” So noted The Informant’s Nick Martin as he took in the sacking of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. While that chilling…