EditorialMatt Schlapp, the chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, on stage at the annual conference in National Harbor, Md., March 2, 2023. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialA man meditates in front of a makeshift memorial site at the scene where a mass shooting occurred four days prior at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, in Monterey Park, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialThe American flag flies at half mast at the U.S. Capitol building, after two mass shootings in California occurred within a three day span, in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialMatt Schlapp, the head of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups and an adviser to former President Donald Trump, speaks at an event in Overland Park, Kan., July 12, 2022. (Chase Castor/The New York Times)
EditorialCraig Apple, the Albany County sheriff, addresses a news conference in Voorheesville, N.Y. on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, regarding a misdemeanor complaint against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (Patrick Dodson/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by Miami-Dade County Corrections shows Maxwell Berry, 22, who was arrested and charged with three misdemeanor counts of assault. (Miami-Dade County Corrections via The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who was accused of groping and forcibly kissing women, resigned his Senate seat in 2018. (Zach Gibson/The New York Times)