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(Jabin Botsford/The Post)The indictment is the first to emerge from special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the underpinnings of the Jan. 6 riot. The former president was ordered to appear in federal court in Washington on Thursday.MORE COVERAGEThe co-conspirators are not named in the indictment, but five of them can be identified using the detailed descriptions provided by prosecutors.Opinion by Washington Post StaffOpinion by Charles MurrayOpinion by Michael R. Bloomberg(Nic Antaya for The Post)A Michigan grand jury charged a former state lawmaker and a losing candidate for state attorney general as part of an investigation into the improper acquisition of voting machines.(AP)The Gilgo Beach investigation was hampered by political battles, local resistance to federal investigators, and ...

Wes Moore Would Like to Make History

Wes Moore, who is currently America’s lone Black governor, works from a creaky-floored second-story office in the Maryland State House. The building—Georgian brick, shaded by giant trees, in the quiet center of Annapolis—is a small icon of American history. It is the only statehouse to have served as the nation’s capitol. (The Continental Congress, meeting there in 1784, ratified the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War and established the United States.) The building holds bronze statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, who were born, and enslaved, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.Moore can seem surprised to find himself in the governor’s office, though the swerving path of his life has been a defining feature of his rise. He spent his early childhood in Takoma Park, a ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin Passes on Maryland Senate Run

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a leading progressive who has achieved national fame as one of the managers of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, said Friday he would not run for his home state’s open Senate seat, arguing that his role in the House was too crucial to give up.Raskin would’ve been one of the leading candidates in the race to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), if not necessarily an outright favorite. The two major contenders for the seat are now Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Total Wine co-founder-turned-Rep. David Trone (D-Md.)“I am profoundly grateful not only to those who have encouraged me on this exciting path but also to those from all over Maryland who have strongly encouraged me to run for the U.S. Senate seat being left vac...