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Authorities near the East Texas town of Trinidad have been locked in a standoff with an antigovernment extremist and his family for almost 10 years, a stalemate that has raised the question of when it's worth risking bloodshed to enforce the law.
Famous standoffs between authorities and extremists have lasted up to 81 days. But in Texas, one man is going for a new record
In the wake of Barack Obama's election, murders and planned political violence continue to emanate from the radical right
Around the country, evidence accumulates of a return of the militias and the larger antigovernment 'Patriot' movement
The 1990s saw the rise and fall of the virulently antigovernment "Patriot" movement, made up of paramilitary militias, tax defiers and so-called "sovereign citizens."
