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Richard Barnett became one of the highest-profile defendants charged in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol after he was photographed with his boot on a desk in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.

The four members of the far-right militia were found guilty of seditious conspiracy nearly two months after the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes, was convicted of the same charge in a separate proceeding.

One of the Marines said that he was waiting for “the boogaloo,” or a second civil war, according to court records.

Prosecutors in the Proud Boys sedition trial disclosed more about an encounter in a garage between leaders of the far-right groups the day before the attack on the Capitol.

A legal reckoning awaits a chief architect of Donald Trump’s effort to reverse his election loss. But in Mr. Eastman’s telling, he was far from a criminal.

Solomon Peña, who lost his bid to become a New Mexico lawmaker, faces charges in a series of shootings. “He had a belief process that he was cheated,” the Albuquerque police chief said.

What does this constant brinkmanship and playing to the gallery do to democracy generally?

The new committee seems designed to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from enforcing the law.

Readers critique her analysis of her former boss’s strengths and weaknesses. Also: Russia’s aggression in Ukraine; robots’ self-awareness.

The five defendants are members of one of the nation’s best-known far-right groups and are accused of helping to lead the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.