Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

The Secret Service was notified Wednesday after the DHS watchdog disclosed the agency deleted text messages sought as part of Jan. 6 investigations.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that former Trump aide Steve Bannon “decided he was above the law” in defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.

Opening statements in the contempt trial of a former Trump adviser who has rebuffed the Jan. 6 committee are slated to begin after the jury is seated.

The Trump ally’s trial begins the same week the Jan. 6 committee plans to hold a hearing to detail a “minute by minute” account of Jan. 6.

A focus of the inquiry has been Trump’s Jan. 2, 2021, telephone call in which he urged state officials to tilt the 2020 statewide vote in his favor.

Rep. Liz Cheney’s revelation Donald Trump called a Jan. 6 hearing witness was startling, but more details may be needed to prove witness tampering.

Homeland Security staffers told investigators records from the day before and day of the Capitol riot could not be provided until DHS attorney review.

DOJ unveiled the federal hate crimes charges Wednesday. Authorities say the suspect targeted Black victims in an assault that left 10 people dead.

Questions about delayed police response shroud the Texas school shooting. Attorney General Merrick Garland said experts would probe what happened.

Hate and extremism experts have warned for years about domestic, racially motivated violence. The Buffalo shooting is the latest example, they say.