More than 30 years ago, a standoff with a white separatist family in Idaho led to federal rules on deadly use of force. Some ...

In “End of Days,” Chris Jennings recounts how a collision between apocalyptic Christianity and federal overreach led to a ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It's been a quarter-century since a standoff in the mountains of northern Idaho left a 14-year-old boy, his mother and a federal agent dead and sparked an expansion of radical ...

In a new book, Chris Jennings tells the story of the Ruby Ridge siege and how the threat of the Rapture shaped American politics.

Updated January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM CST The killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year old U.S. citizen, has broken through partisan gridlock over whether immigration enforcement agents' training and conduct ...