Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move on.

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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum testified before the committee in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Jan 16.

Charges against a former North Dakota man who was at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6., 2021, riot have been dismissed. Damian Johnston agreed to plead guilty last year to two misdemeanor counts ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump ... testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kick off this week.

The United States Senate has just confirmed that former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will serve as the eighth U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. And North Dakota

And in Bismarck, city leaders “are probably supportive of a cap,” mayor says, but might prefer a bit more leeway to account for inflation

President Donald Trump notched two victories on Thursday as he pushed to get his top officials in place. He also faced new legal challenges.

The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls.

Many prominent Republicans, including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, had suggested that Trump would review the cases individually. But, as he had long promised, Trump’s actions were much more sweeping.

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September.