The majority of Proud Boys members indicted for sedition for violence during the Jan. 6 attack were U.S. military veterans, Military.com reports.
Driving the news: Four out of five members of the Proud Boys right-wing extremist group who were indicted on sedition charges previously served in the military.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that Fox News made a "cowardly decision" to not air the upcoming Jan. 6 hearing Thursday night.
Driving the news: Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will cover the Jan. 6 hearings over on Fox Business Network, while Fox News will air regularly scheduled prime-time programming.
Lawyers for former Trump adviser Steve Bannon are seeking testimony and documents from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other lawmakers, including members of the Jan. 6 committee, according to documents reviewed by Axios.
Why it matters: The push comes ahead of a July trial for Bannon, who was indicted for contempt of Congress after refusing to testify about his own conversations with the former president ahead of the attack on the Capitol.
Catholic bishops from Colorado are urging state lawmakers who support abortion rights to "voluntarily refrain" from receiving communion, according to a letter obtained by Religion News Service.
State of play: The letter is directed at state lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill that codified the right to an abortion under state law, making Colorado the 16th stateto legally protect access.
Actor Matthew McConaughey on Tuesday recounted emotional stories from the victims of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting and advocated for gun control measures at the White House Press Briefing.
Driving the news: McConaughey, who is from Uvalde, highlighted the lives of some of the children killed in the shooting and said he and his wife met with their families in the days following the attack.
An American woman who led an all-female ISIS battalion pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a single charge of providing support to a terrorist organization.
Why it matters: Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, is the first U.S. woman to be tried for having a leadership role with ISIS, per the Washington Post. As part of a plea deal, she detailed to prosecutors her role in ISIS and her connection to the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the New York Times reports.
The House Oversight Committee opened a new investigation into foreign gifts received by former President Trump during his final year in office, according to a letter the committee sent to the National Archives on Monday.
Why it matters: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who chairs the committee, alleged in the letter that the Trump administration failed to report gifts that the former president received from foreign governments based on information provided by the Department of State to the committee.
Ahead of President Biden's upcoming trip to the Middle East, a group of six Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter Tuesday urging the president to take steps to ensure the U.S.-Saudi relationship serves the United States' national interests.
Driving the news: Since 2015, the kingdom has "repeatedly acted in ways at odds" with the policies and values of the U.S., the lawmakers wrote.
Some U.S. lawmakers are making a major push to give Puerto Ricans a real shot at deciding whether to become a state.
Driving the news: Members of Congress were in San Juan this weekend for contentious public hearings on a draft bill known as the The Puerto Rico Status Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court tends to issue its biggest decisions in June. With a conservative super majority of justices, the public is focused on what new precedents the court could set — or even overturn.
The big picture: The court has 30 opinions to issue before the end of its term. Here's a look at some of the court's most prominent cases yet to be decided.
Former Marine Trevor Reed, who was held in a Russian prison since 2019 before being released in April, called on the Biden administration and Congress Tuesday to increase efforts to release WNBA player Brittney Griner from detention in Russia.
Why it matters: Reed, who said last month that he feared for his life during his imprisonment, warned that Griner may face greater challenges inside Russia's prison system than he did because of her race and sexual orientation.
The U.S. is currently facing "unacceptable levels of inflation," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.
Why it matters: Yellen made waves last week by admitting that she had been "wrong about the path inflation would take" when she predicted last year that inflation posed a short-term problem to the U.S. economy.
The U.S. continues to face an increased threat of violence stemming from misinformation from domestic extremists and potential civil unrest surrounding the Supreme Court's ultimate decision on abortion rights, according to a terror threat bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.
Driving the news: The bulletin warns that a number of "high-profile events" could be used to justify violence against targets that include schools, public gatherings, ideological opponents, racial and religious minorities and government facilities.
A witness list hasn't been released ahead of Thursday's prime-time hearing by the House's Jan. 6 committee — to be carried live, Watergate-style, by all three broadcast networks. But now we know a leadoff.
Driving the news: A British documentary filmmaker who recorded members of the far-right Proud Boys as they stormed the Capitol tells AP he'll testify.
With little progress on gun control measures in Congress, some envision next-generation weapons detection technologies as a potential deterrent to mass shootings.
Why it matters: In theory, if authorities could use artificial intelligence to spot guns or identify potential shooters earlier, they might be able to head off gun violence like the school massacres in Uvalde, Texas, Oxford, Mich., and Parkland, Fla.
The U.S. military is investigating whether an American service member conducted an insider attack at a base in Syria that left four service members injured, CNN first reported Monday.
Driving the news: "A possible suspect, a US service member, has been identified," the Pentagon said in a statement to CNN on Monday. "At this point, these are just allegations, all suspects are presumed to be innocent until/unless convicted in a court of law."
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Monday it has temporarily suspended the transport of inmates as the agency conducts a review of its transportation practices in the wake of Gonzalo Lopez's escape.
Why it matters: Lopez, a convicted murderer, escaped from authorities last month while on a prison transport bus. He was later killed in a shootout with police, per the Associated Press.
President Biden is facing public pressure from America's leading unions on an issue that has divided his top advisers: extending former President Trump's China tariffs on approximately $300 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Why it matters: The Biden administration is engaged in an intense internal debate on whether to waive some of the so-called Section 301 tariffs to help ease inflation — the top issue roiling Biden's presidency.
