Mr. Kirk was among the faithful who had helped Mr. Trump build a comeback after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol made him a political outcast. Mr. Trump brought him into his second-term inner circle.
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.
The lawyer Mark McCloskey in 2021. He wants to establish what he calls a “voluntary nonjudicial resolution committee” that would consider rioters’ cases individually, and says he met with top Justice Department officials recently.
Driving may be faster, but the inaugural train trips between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans this week drew travelers eager for a different kind of adventure.
Hernandez Govan hugged his lawyer and thanked the judge after being acquitted on Thursday of all charges related to the killing of the rapper Young Dolph.