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The monitoring and investigation of domestic violent extremism by federal agencies.
The U.S. Code defines "domestic terrorism" as activities that involve acts dangerous to human life, violate criminal law, appear intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence gov...
The evidence does not support a simple link between shooters and ordinary party affiliation (Democrat vs. Republican); studies and fact-checking show that most mass shooters’ voter registrations are u...
Multiple legal and congressional bodies have examined threats and violence that commentators and investigators link to Donald Trump’s rhetoric: a bipartisan House select committee probed the Jan. 6, 2...
Federal sentencing for politically motivated violent offenses is governed primarily by the federal Sentencing Guidelines, which are advisory and periodically amended by the U.S. Sentencing Commission,...
Congress’ NDAA directive (Section 5602) forced the FBI, DHS, and ODNI to create uniform terminology and a recurring, unclassified strategic report on domestic terrorism; the agencies complied by publi...
The January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol was the product of a converging set of forces: repeated false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen amplified by the then-president and allies, org...