Dan Goldman, the former lead counsel for House Democrats in their first impeachment of former President Trump, is planning to jump into the crowded Democratic primary in New York’s 10th Congressional District.
Driving the news: Goldman, a former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst, is expected to announce in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter.
Driving the news: "Uvalde and Uvalde CISD departments have been cooperating with investigators," said Texas DPS spokesman Travis Considine in a statement, per the Statesman. "The chief of the CISD did an initial interview but has not responded to a request for a follow-up interview that was made two days ago."
A Texas official said Tuesday that a teacher closed a door to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that had been propped open before a gunman entered the building and killed 19 kids and two teachers last week, retracting details on the shooting that they had previously provided, according to AP.
Why it matters: Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said during a press conference on Friday that the shooter entered the school through a door that had been propped open by a teacher.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Tuesday that he has declared the city of Uvalde a state of disaster following a deadly mass shooting that killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School.
Why it matters: The declaration will accelerate state and local assistance and suspend regulations that would "prevent, hinder or delay necessary action," according to a press release from Abbott's office.
Popular Korean pop boy band BTS on Tuesday opened the White House's daily press briefing to say they were "devastated" over the surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the U.S.
Ahead of a rare meeting with the chairman of the Federal Reserve, President Biden said on Tuesday that the White House's fight against inflation starts with respecting the Fed's political independence.
Why it matters: It's the latest sign the Biden administration is putting the Fed at the center of the battle to tame the decades-high inflation that's tanked Americans' view of the economy.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said on Tuesday that he is open to having a “conversation” on raising minimum age requirements for buying “AR-15-style weapons” amid ongoing talks about gun reform.
Why it matters: Hutchinson is the latest Republican official to suggest a willingness to consider potential changes to gun purchasing requirements.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is establishing an Office of Environmental Justice to address environmental health issues among "disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations on the frontlines of pollution" and other climate impacts, the Biden administration announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: Environmental justice has been a priority for the administration. The move to address climate and now environmental justice at HHS shows how the topic is moving beyond the traditional environmental and resource agencies.
George P. Bush, grandson and nephew of two former U.S. presidents and once heir apparent of a GOP dynasty, lost badly last week in his bid to become Texas attorney general.
Driving the news: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who faces criminal securities charges and an FBI investigation over separate corruption accusations, crushed Bush by more than 35 percentage points in a run-off despite the Bush family's long connection to Texas politics.
Texas authorities dealing with the Uvalde school shooting’s aftermath have so far provided public updates only in English, prompting criticism that the many Spanish speakers in the largely Latino community are being excluded.
The big picture: Over 81% of residents in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at a school last week, are Latino, and many speak Spanish at home.
Michael Sussmann, a lawyer whose firm represented the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016, was acquitted of a felony charge of lying to the FBI on Tuesday.
Why it matters: It was the first trial in special counsel John Durham's three-year review of possible misconduct by the intelligence community and prosecutors who investigated the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The House Judiciary Committee is calling an emergency hearing this week to consider a package of gun control bills, including one that would increase the legal purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21.
Driving the news: The panel on Thursday morning will review an omnibus package made up of eight bills that Democrats are calling the "Protecting Our Kids Act."
"We have made guns an idol in this country," San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said on Tuesday while advocating for stricter gun control measures.
Driving the news: The recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, have sparked renewed calls for a federal legislative response.
In the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, right-wing conspiracy theories moved faster than ever from fringe to the mainstream, thanks to a misinformation infrastructure that's grown stronger over time.
Why it matters: The pipeline of misinformation moving from obscure internet platforms to the mouths of sitting members of Congress "seems to be going a lot faster now," said Bryce Webster-Jacobsen, director of intelligence operations at GroupSense, a threat intelligence firm.
The shooting massacre in Uvalde garnered huge attention on social media in the immediate aftermath of the attack, but it's unclear how long that focus will last.
Why it matters: The attention to the attack shows the country isn't numb to shooting tragedies — it's overwhelmed by them.
Parenting is hard. Parenting in a pandemic that has taken 1 million American lives, through an unpredictable economy, in a country where school shootings aren’t rare, baby formula is hard to come by and classrooms are political battlegrounds can feel borderline impossible.
Why it matters: There are 63 million parents in the U.S. with kids younger than 18 at home. They work; they volunteer; they’re raising the next generation of Americans — and stress and strain are hindering them from doing all of those things.
People from two congressional districts in Ohio are asking Google about gas prices with more urgency than Americans anywhere else. Abortion is a dominant search in deep-red swaths of Oklahoma, and swing districts in Florida and Nevada.
Driving the news: Axios today launches a dashboard using Google Trends data. The interactive site lets you explore which election-moving topics are driving searches in your own congressional district — and how that compares with other parts of the U.S.
A U.S. delegation led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is in Taipei, meeting with Taiwan officials on a previously unannounced visit.
Driving the news: Duckworth, who also visited Taiwan's capital last year as part of a COVID-19 vaccine doses donation announcement, arrived in Taipei for the three-day visit on Monday, per a Taiwan Foreign Ministry tweet.
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro said he's been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to testify before a grand jury on Thursday about the Capitol riot.
Why it matters: The former White House trade adviser's subpoena seeks to obtain all documents requested by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, including "any communications" with former President Trump and his representatives, according to a draft lawsuit obtained by Politico.
European Union leaders agreed Monday to block most Russian oil imports due to the invasion of Ukraine.
Why it matters: "This immediately covers more than 2/3 of oil imports from Russia, cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine," European Council president Charles Michel tweeted. "Maximum pressure on Russia to end the war," he added.
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