The danger of Trump’s promise to pardon J6 defendants

Then-President Donald Trump speaks at the “Stop the Steal” Rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has been talking for years about pardoning the people who took part in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, and he could do so on day one of his second term. In…

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What really mattered in 2024

Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, is a general-purpose robotic humanoid under development by Tesla, Inc., shown in Hong Kong. | Bob Henry/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the end of every year, journalists like to look back and see where our predictions held up or fell flat, what were the year’s biggest events,…

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