January 6

Convicted January 6 rioter appointed to sensitive Pentagon counterterrorism job - report

Elias Irizarry, 24, was appointed to a post in the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Washington Post reported. 

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A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.
A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.

Trump's 'weaponization' fund is on hold, sources say

The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit in which the president sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 ‌billion.

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U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) speaks to members of the media after Republicans pulled a war powers bill on Iran when it became apparent that Democrats had enough votes to pass it, at the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Democrats move to block suspects connected to Jan 6 Capitol riots from accessing new DOJ funds

Legislation introduced this week aims to prevent participants in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol from receiving compensation via a new fund established by the Trump administration.

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Steve Bannon, former advisor to former U.S. President and now President-elect Donald Trump, speaks with the media outside New York Criminal Court, on the day of a pre-trial conference hearing in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, in New York City

US Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Trump ally Steve Bannon

The justices threw out a lower court's decision to uphold Bannon's 2022 conviction for refusing to turn over documents or testify to a congressional panel that investigated the January 6 attack.

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'Jews run society, women need to shut up': MAGA supporters clash over Nick Fuentes's extremism

Fuentes’s online rehabilitation began when Musk reinstated his account on X/Twitter in May.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByELI LEON
NICK FUENTES told Tucker Carlson (right) that ‘organized Jewry’ represents the ‘big challenge’ to American unity, and he invoked ‘blood-and-soil’ to describe Zionism, the terminology that underpinned Nazi Germany, says the writer.

Truth is stranger than fiction: Trump's Truth Search AI backfires, contradicts president's claims

Truth Search has been hailed by members of the Trump team as a smashing success, but it directly contradicts claims the president has made regarding the 2020 election, January 6, and crime rates.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByDR. ITAY GAL
The Truth social network logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a display of former U.S. President Donald Trump in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022.

Failed Republican candidate jailed for 80 years over gun attacks on Democrats' homes

Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, weeks after he lost a state House seat.

AUGUST 14, 2025ByREUTERS
The flag of the US state New Mexico is seen in this illustration taken, August 21, 2024.

Trump yanks prosecutor nomination of Ed Martin, who called a Nazi sympathizer ‘extraordinary’

Martin recently apologized for his past vocal praise of Hale-Cusanelli, who was sentenced to four years in prison for his role on Jan. 6 before being pardoned by Trump.

MAY 9, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin speaks in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2025.

Trump calls some Biden presidential pardons 'void, vacant,' claims they were signed by autopen

Trump also accused the previous president of not approving or even knowing about pardons he made.

MARCH 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) attend a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2025.

Letters to the Editor, February 24, 2025: Obscene comparison

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

January 6 Capitol riots shouldn’t trump October 7 for US Jews - opinion

Some Jews have chosen to look away from the war either because they blame Israel. For them, January 6 now trumps October 7 because we are witnessing a reshaping of our own country’s institutions.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
AN EXPLOSION caused by a police munition is seen as supporters of then-US president Donald Trump riot in front of the Capitol Building, January 6, 2021.

FBI staff ordered to reveal their role in Jan. 6 probes by Monday

The list of questions in the memo direct employees to give their job title, any role they played in the Jan. 6 investigations and whether they helped supervise such investigations.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByREUTERS
An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt.

What big changes did Trump make on the first day of his presidency?

Among the moves that Trump made on his first day back was to pardon about 1,500 people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he stands next to his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance during the Liberty Ball on Inauguration Day of Donald Trump's second presidential term in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.