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Attacks by Iran's militia allies are placing the Biden administration in a bind
The escalating attacks of Iran-backed militias are forcing the Biden administration to walk a tight…
Paul Iddon
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco paid for a year-long membership with the Oath Keepers, an anti-government extremist group
Members of the Oath Keepers have a long history of vigilante justice and were tied to a large cache…
Morgan Keith
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Selena Gomez emailed Sheryl Sandberg months before the Capitol siege to highlight US militia group activity on Facebook
The actress told Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg that major tech firms needed to crack down on polit…
Shona Ghosh
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2 suspects in Michigan kidnapping plot are US Marines who were recently-discharged
One of the US Marines was reportedly discharged on the same day the kidnapping charges were announc…
David Choi
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A California cop who wore a far-right patch to a George Floyd protest won't be fired
The patch referenced the "Three Percenters" and "Oath Keepers," paramilitary organizations that hav…
Charles Davis
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New Mexico Republicans to pay 'special tribute' to militia founded by neo-Confederate, alongside Cowboys for Trump leader who said Black athletes should 'go back to Africa'
"It's deeply troubling that the local GOP would openly endorse an event honoring a paramilitary gro…
Charles Davis
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Who are the Boogaloo Bois? A man who shot up a Minneapolis police precinct was associated with the extremist movement, according to unsealed documents
White men wearing Hawaiian shirts and wielding rifles keep showing up at police brutality protests …
Benjamin Goggin,Rachel E. Greenspan
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4 militia group members tied to the 'Boogaloo' movement were charged with planning to obstruct the investigation of a federal officer's murder
The four men were members of a Northern California militia group called the "1st Detachment, 1st Ca…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Biden faces bipartisan pushback to the airstrikes he ordered in Syria a month into his presidency
Members of Congress from both parties say they want to know under what legal authority Biden carrie…
John Haltiwanger,Ryan Pickrell
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After announcing foiled plot to kidnap governor, Michigan's attorney general says the far right is trying to 'disrupt' the state ahead of the election
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel spoke with Business Insider about an alleged plot to kidnap a…
Charles Davis
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Under pressure after the Capitol riot, self-styled militias are regrouping around anti-vaxx conspiracy theories
One pro-miltia group pivoted to selling anti-vaxx t-shirts on Facebook, until Insider alerted the s…
Tom Porter
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A 'Boogaloo' extremist group destroyed evidence from an investigation into one of their members who allegedly killed a police officer
Chat messages including one that read: "Dudes i offed a fed" were deleted by four members of the No…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A truck with a far-right militia sticker seen near the Capitol riot belongs to GOP Rep. Mary Miller's husband
Miller's husband admitted to the Daily Beast that the truck belonged to him but denied affiliation …
Thomas Colson
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GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a column in defense of militia members in the wake of Oklahoma City bombing when he was 15
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the men who carried out the bombing that killed 168 people in 19…
Kelly McLaughlin
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An Arkansas Black Lives Matter group was confronted by an armed militia. One protester carried a flamethrower as a 'deterrent.'
An organizer told Insider that he received more than 100 death threats from people who oppose the B…
Taylor Ardrey
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Police in Michigan, a hotbed for armed far-right groups, said they may be powerless to enforce a ban on guns at polling places
Michigan authorities imposed the ban after a foiled plot to kidnap the state governor. But law enfo…
Tom Porter
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Russia could exploit its ties with US white nationalist groups to encourage election violence, experts warn
Russia wants to internally divide the US, and experts fear that it may leverage its influence with …
Tom Porter
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Facebook is cracking down on anti-government extremist 'boogaloos,' but it has reportedly been profiting off boogaloo ads calling for violence for months
Facebook banned hundreds of boogaloo-affiliated accounts, calling the network "violent," but it has…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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A man charged with killing a federal officer during George Floyd protests is tied to the far-right 'Boogaloo' movement, authorities say
Multiple people associated with the far-right have been accused of stoking violence connected to th…
Sonam Sheth
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Facebook was warned about a Kenosha militia group that rallied armed counter-protesters to the city — but says users' reports didn't make it to the right team in time
Facebook said a gunman who killed two protesters wasn't connected to the group, but its response sh…