A federal judge sentenced Paul Allard Hodgkins (WaPo) to eight months in prison for obstructing a Congressional session on January 6, when he and other supporters of former President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors sought an eighteen-month sentence for Hodgkins, who is the first felony defendant to be sentenced for the riot.
In Foreign Affairs, Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Daniel Koehler write that violent extremism in the United States demands a social response.
