The Bundys of Nevada orchestrated two armed standoffs with the government. After almost two years, they finally face justice.
The Bundys of Nevada orchestrated two armed standoffs with the government. After almost two years, they finally face justice.
In what is seen as a referendum on the way local officials handled Ammon Bundy and the illegal occupation of a federal wildlife refuge, an Oregon judge overwhelmingly survived a recall attempt.
The case of a Montana man just convicted of felonies as part of his battle with two federal agencies is drawing attention from antigovernment extremist groups who supported the take-over of a wildlife refuge in Oregon.
In the wake of the Malheur standoff, antigovernment radicals are aiming to swell the ranks of far-right elected officials who are already promoting 'county supremacy,' but a number of them lost their elections this past week.
Calling them 'political prisoners,' a small crowd gathered in Boise to protest last week's FBI arrests of Bundy defenders in the wake of the Malheur standoff.
The number of hate and antigovernment ‘Patriot’ groups grew last year, and terrorist attacks and radical plots proliferated.
Anti-Muslim hatred ratcheted up sharply after the Islamic State attacks in Paris. Then came San Bernardino and Donald Trump.
A Florida man with reported ties to a militia group known as United States Patriot Army”has been arrested on federal charges of manufacturing and possessing pipe bombs, authorities announced.
Amid comparisons to Ruby Ridge and Waco, anger is pervasive on the far right, but militia leaders are mostly calling for ‘cooler heads’ to prevail.
Armed occupiers remaining at an Oregon wildlife refuge, like their eight associates arrested yesterday, have rejected “ample opportunities to leave peacefully” or negotiate, a senior FBI official said today.