Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) wrote for The Atlantic Monday that President Joe Biden "is a genuinely good man," but doesn't see him as a great unifier for the country.
What he said: Biden "has yet been unable to break through our national malady of denial, deceit, and distrust," Romney wrote.
Protests calling for justice over the shooting death of Jayland Walker led to slight damage Sunday night.
The latest: Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan declared a state of emergency on Monday and issued a curfew for the city from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday. Horrigan also canceled the fireworks that were scheduled for July 4.
Two Arizona elections officials announced their resignation on Friday over threats that began after the 2020 election, according to Fox 10 Pheonix.
Why it matters: The news comes nearly two years after the election that former President Donald Trump baselessly told supporters was "stolen" because of fraud. The lie is now the focus of the Jan. 6 panel's hearings looking into what happened during the insurrection at the Capitol in 2021.
The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierreon Sunday responded to criticism from Jeff Bezos about President Biden's call for oil executives to reduce gas prices, saying high gas prices are emblematic of "a market that is failing the American consumer."
Driving the news: After Biden tweeted on Saturday reiterating calls for oil companies to lower prices, Bezos responded by tweeting, "inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this."
About 100 people associated with the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, marched through downtown Boston on Saturday carrying police shields and flags bearing the group's emblem.
Driving the news: Police received a call around 12:30 p.m. that a group of protesters were marching through the city, though their route was unknown, CNN reported.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is part of a long legacy of the U.S. "trying to claim ownership over human bodies," Vice President Kamala Harris said while speaking at the Essence Fest in New Orleans on Saturday.
Driving the news: In the wake of the decision, abortion is now illegal in nine states, but at least 26 Republican-led states are expected to ban or heavily restrict access to the procedure.
Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that there is a possibility the Jan. 6 committee may make multiple criminal referrals.
The big picture: The committee's sixth and latest public hearing provided the most damning evidence to date of former President Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
A number of lawmakerson Sundayresponded to the explosive testimony to the Jan. 6 committee last week by Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, with many expressing their support for her.
Driving the news: Hutchinson testified that former President Donald Trump lunged at his security detail when he learned he would not be taken to the Capitol during Jan. 6.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that Democrats criticizing the Biden administration's strategy to ensure abortion rights ought to "give us some good ideas."
Driving the news: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some progressives have called for the Biden administration to build abortion facilities on federal lands located in red states — a move the administration has made clear it is not pursuing.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) acknowledged the possibility of a presidential run in 2024 in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, but said she hasn't "made a decision about that yet."
A spate of high-profile lawsuits is giving real legal weight to America's cultural and political debate over free speech.
Why it matters: As conservatives rail against perceptions of censorship and progressives clamor for tighter restrictions on misinformation, the courts are where the real-world rules of the road get written.
