Politics

A former military officer who assaulted police officers with a hockey stick and a sharp metal pole while he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison.

The 51st Congressional District includes El Cajon, La Mesa, Rolando, Mission Valley, Serra Mesa, Mira Mesa and Miramar, Scripps Ranch, and parts of Rancho Penasquitos.

A Cook County judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot because of violations of the “insurrection clause” in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but put the ruling on hold pending other cases.

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.

Bipartisan negotiators announced Wednesday they have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown this week, securing agreement on half of the dozen must-pass spending bills and extending a pair of fast-approaching funding deadlines deeper into March to buy Congress more time.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution.

President Joe Biden spent about 2 1/2 hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland for an annual physical that will be closely watched as the 81-year-old president seeks reelection.

The oldest son of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was in a Colorado jail on Wednesday after being arrested in connection with a recent string of vehicle break-ins and property thefts.

The GOP leader has been in the Senate since 1985.

The deposition of President Joe Biden’s son marked a decisive point for the 14-month Republican investigation into the Biden family.

President Joe Biden is signing an executive order aiming to better protect Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia.

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case have asked a judge to impose a gag order on the former president.

Sixteen of the state’s 55 Republican delegates will go to Trump for the victory.