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Reacting to Nicholas Kristof’s opinion that the push for new terminology may have gone too far. Also: Mike Pence; the death penalty; Joe Biden’s plans for 2024; forced parenthood.

The former vice president is said to be planning to invoke the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause, saying his role as president of the Senate should insulate him from grand jury questions.

After a damning report and a committee hearing in which lawmakers in both parties condemned his actions, the president ousted J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol, from his post.

Named less than three months ago to oversee investigations into Donald J. Trump’s efforts to hold onto power and his handling of classified documents, the special counsel is moving aggressively.

The move by Jack Smith, the special counsel, is one of the most aggressive in his investigation of Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power and is likely to lead to a battle over executive privilege.

The U.S. prosecuted Brian Lemley for threats, not violence. Is that what it takes to fight extremism?

Prosecutors have started to lay out evidence that they say shows how members of the far-right pro-Trump group conspired to use force to stop the lawful transfer of power after the 2020 election.

The Oversight Committee called the session to scrutinize whether the social media platform has censored the right, but it yielded new revelations about the company’s permissive approach.

The three reports appear to be in conversation with one another, ever more detailed drafts of a most unorthodox historical record.

As the threat to democratic norms and procedures mount, there has been an explosion of research aimed at lowering the political temperature.