Politics Reporter, HuffPostDr. Anthony Fauci slammed Sen. Ted Cruz following the Texas Republican’s claim that Fauci should face federal prosecution over some of his testimony before Congress.During a “Face the Nation” interview that aired Sunday, CBS’ Margaret Brennan pointed out that Cruz “told the attorney general you should be prosecuted.”

Trends Reporter, HuffPostIn yet another sign of an apparently fracturing QAnon movement, extremist attorney and QAnon conspiracy acolyte Lin Wood is now claiming that the “Stop the Steal” campaign complaining of vote fraud in the presidential election is a concoction of the “Deep State.”

In the wake of the on-set accident that left Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured, actor Alec Baldwin is preparing for legal battles. TMZ reports that Baldwin hired lawyer Aaron S. Dyer for the civil lawsuits resulting from the fatal Rust movie shooting. Dyer spent nearly seven years as a federal prosecutor in the L.A. U.S. Attorney's Office, will allegedly ...

Reporter, HuffPostConspiracy theory-endorsing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill this week to award Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal.The extremist Republican was immediately reminded on Twitter of a similar bill she voted against earlier this year which was passed and awarded Congress’ highest honor to the U.S. Capitol Police officers who risked ...

Reporter, HuffPostThe Charlottesville, Virginia, civil trial of a group of white nationalist extremists was not broadcast on television ― the federal judge assigned to the case forbade anyone from even recording audio of the proceedings. Members of the public who wanted to follow along had to dial in to an occasionally glitchy conference line, day after day, over four weeks, for what often ...

Associate Reporter, HuffPostBroadway star James D. Beeks has been arrested for his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.The 49-year-old Broadway actor, who most recently played Judas in the U.S. touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” was charged with obstruction of Congress and entering a restricted building, according to a complaint from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Overnight Editor, HuffPostStephen Colbert broke out his biting impression of Eric Trump once again, this time in response to comments by Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to Donald Trump.Cohen, who just finished home confinement for various offenses including lying to Congress and campaign finance violations, vowed he wouldn’t be the only one to serve time for crimes related to Trump.

Breaking News Reporter, HuffPostTwo attorneys have been ordered to pay nearly $187,000 in legal fees after unsuccessfully challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in a lawsuit that a federal judge called “defamatory,” an “abuse of the legal system” and a means to foment violence.

Wonderwall.comHalle Berry went from small town girl to beauty pageant star to Hollywood sensation in record time, but she's been on the A-list for so long that many may not remember little Maria Halle Berry from Cleveland, Ohio. Born to Judith Ann, a psychiatric nurse, and Jerome Jesse Berry, an attendant in the same psychiatric ward, her parents selected her middle name from Halle's Department ...

Britney Spears’ lawyer Mathew Rosengart has joined the legal team battling to free legendary artist Peter Max from his guardianship.High-powered lawyer Rosengart — who famously fought for the suspension of Britney’s father James Spears as the conservator of her estate and then ended the toxic conservatorship she endured for 13 years — has joined Peter’s daughter Libra Max’s legal team fighting to ...

Senior Reporter, HuffPostBUTNER, N.C. (AP) — The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, a prominent figure in a Netflix documentary series, has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis, according to his attorney.

Reporter, HuffPostNew Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) set himself apart from many members of his own party on Sunday, saying Rep. Paul Gosar was rightly censured for promoting violence against Democrats and criticizing Republicans who want to retaliate against GOP lawmakers who voted for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill.

Joe Giudice is hoping to return home to the United States.About a year and a half after he was deported to his native Italy after serving nearly three years in federal prison for fraud and spending another seven months in an ICE detention center, the former Real Housewives of New Jersey star and Teresa Giudice's ex is fighting to come back to the States.

Joe Exotic is going across several state lines as he continues to battle an "aggressive cancer," and while he's still in federal custody ... his new home will help cope with his condition.

Senior Justice Reporter, HuffPostTwo Iranians ran a “targeted, coordinated campaign to erode confidence in the integrity of the U.S. electoral system and to sow discord among Americans,” a top Justice Department official said Thursday.

Overnight Editor, HuffPostA brother of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) said Congress didn’t go far enough on Wednesday with its censure of the lawmaker for sharing a violent anime video targeting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPostWASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power by effectively overthrowing the Constitution should remain a secret under that same document’s concept of “executive privilege,” his lawyers are telling a federal appellate court a week after the identical argument was rejected by a trial court judge.

Senior Justice Reporter, HuffPostJacob Chansley, the man federal prosecutors called “the public face of the Capitol riot,” was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday, one of the longest sentences handed down so far in connection with the events of Jan. 6.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miramax filed a lawsuit Tuesday against director Quentin Tarantino over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on his work on “Pulp Fiction.”The entertainment company alleges that Tarantino’s planned offerings violate the copyrights it holds to the director’s 1994 film, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles.

Senior Justice Reporter, HuffPostDaniel Rodriguez, a pro-Trump extremist who electroshocked Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone on Jan. 6, was in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday trying to get his videotaped confession to the FBI tossed on the grounds that special agents engaged in “coercive questioning” and that Rodriguez wasn’t properly advised of his rights.