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No opposition to bill to pay inmates minimum wage

A bill that would see Nevada prison inmates earn at least minimum wage for work behind bars drew unanimous and bipartisan support in a Senate committee Wednesday.

Merrick Garland confirmed as next US attorney general

He was a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016.

US zeroes in on organized extremists in Capitol probe

As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” someone commanded over an encrypted messaging app some extremists used to communicate during the siege.