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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. In politics, the reality of a situation is often second to how it’s perceived.

The listing describes the Proud Boys as a violent neofascist organization whose members “espouse misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and/or white supremacist ideologies.” (Image credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Proud Boys Now Listed As A Terrorist Group In Canada  NPR Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group  The Washington Post Canada Formally Declares Proud Boys a Terrorist Group  The New York Times Canada labels far-right Proud Boys a terrorist entity  NBC News

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to two years, eight months in a prison colony for violating the probation terms of a suspended sentence on a 2014 conviction, which he claims was politically motivated. This comes on the

“Economics is a discipline that shapes decisions of the utmost consequence, and so matters to us all”, David Attenborough writes in a major new review into the relationship between economics and the natural environment, published on Tuesday. The author of

Jamie Raskin: Trump’s impeachment defense amounts to ‘absurd constitutional arguments’  CNN In Rare Public Statement, Congressional Aides Call for Trump’s Conviction  The New York Times Whatever legal or constitutional test you apply, Trump incited the violent Capitol attack  USA TODAY Gregg Jarrett: Democrats’

Jamie Raskin: Trump’s impeachment defense amounts to ‘absurd constitutional arguments’  CNN Trump’s legal team reveals impeachment defense  CNN Whatever legal or constitutional test you apply, Trump incited the violent Capitol attack  USA TODAY America should be unsatisfied with both sides of the impeachment

Regan is currently the head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality. If he is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he will be the first Black man to lead the agency.

Fact check: White House was not vacant for ten days after inauguration; night-time darkness pre-dates Biden  Reuters

The moves came after TMZ posted a video of the fast-rising country star using a racial slur. (Image credit: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA)