The Biden administration over the weekend condemned the Friday stabbing of British-American author Salman Rushdie.
The latest: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Sunday, "Iranian state institutions have incited violence against Rushdie for generations, and state-affiliated media recently gloated about the attempt on his life. This is despicable."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign stop in New Mexico on Sunday is worth watching for two reasons: The state is one of the GOP's best opportunities to flip a Democratic governorship. And the Republican nominee has gotten this far without help from Donald Trump.
Why it matters: New Mexico has the largest share of Hispanic voters of any state in the country. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is currently the nation's only Latina governor. But she's unpopular — and with Hispanic voters poised to continue their rightward shift, Republican Mark Ronchetti, a former TV meteorologist, is suddenly in play.
A "loud noise" led to false reports of an active shooter on Sunday morning at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport, causing flight delays and cancellations.
Driving the news: Fifty-three flights have been canceled and 322 delayed at the Las Vegas airport, according to the flight tracker FlightAware.
By helping Democrats pass a landmark $750 billion climate, tax and health care bill, Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have complicated their own re-election fortunes for 2024.
Why it matters: While Democrats have a credible chance to hold onto a narrow Senate majority this year, they're staring at a rough political map in two years, when both of those seats are up — and when the party will alsobe forced to defend seats in red states like Montana and Ohio.
A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested after allegedly plowing his car into a community event, killing one person and injuring 17 others, before driving off and fatally beating his mother in a nearby town, Pennsylvania State Police said in a press release Sunday.
The latest: The alleged assailant was identified as Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, the Luzerne County Coroner’s office told ABC News. His mother's autopsy showed that she was hit by a car and assaulted with a hammer, ABC News reported.
U.S. Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a man fatally shot himself after crashing his car near the Supreme Court early Sunday morning, USCP announced in a statement.
Driving the news: Shortly after 4am, a man drove his car into the vehicle barricade at East Capitol Street and Second Street, which was engulfed in flames as the man exited the vehicle, per the statement.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) emphasized on Sunday that "the law is king" and not the president, as the FBI's search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home raised questions about whether he committed crimes.
The big picture: The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents after searching the former president's Mar-a-Lago home on Monday.
Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-Wyo.) political career and fight against former President Trump appear unlikely to end, even if she loses the Republican primary for her re-election Tuesday, Insider writes.
The big picture: Cheney is bracing for potential defeat as her opponent Harriet Hageman is polling 30 points ahead, a recent survey from the University of Wyoming indicates.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) sent a private letter on Sunday to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the FBI's search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home last week, Rubio's office told Axios.
Why it matters: The search, which led to the seizure of 11 sets of classified information from Trump's residence, has prompted separate calls for more information from Republicans and Democrats about the search and the contents it yielded.
Several Capitol rioters are attempting to profit off of their participation in the deadly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, even as they admit to wrongdoing, the AP reported.
Driving the news: While some defendants have managed to raise tens of thousands of dollars off of their Jan. 6 crimes, their efforts have sometimes backfired, as prosecutors seek tougher punishments and authorities aim to take back profits, according to the AP.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to "show us the goods" to justify the FBI's search last week of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
Flashback: Garland said last week he had "personally approved" the decision to seek a search warrant.
Documents released on Friday revealed Trump may have kept documents at his Florida residence in violation of the Espionage Act and other federal laws.
One set of documents removed from Trump's home were labeled “Various classified/TS/SCI documents,” referring to top-secret and sensitive compartmented information, Axios' Alayna Treene writes.
What they're saying: "We have a number of concerns, Brianna. One is whether or not the raid itself was justified," Turner said to host Brianna Keilar. He also raised doubts as to whether the documents Trump had risen "to the highest level of classified material."
"Put the materials in a room. Let us see them and we can tell you what our answer is, what our discernment is, of whether or not this is a true national security threat or whether or not this is an abuse of discretion by Attorney General Garland," he added.
Garland "needs to tell us what is the justification. Show us these documents. We have the clearance to see them. He needs to show us the goods," Turner said.
Asked by Keilar whether he himself would ever take home documents marked "special access," Turner replied "no."
The White House is planning to circulate a new memo on Capitol Hill defending President Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and claiming the move strengthened national security by freeing up critical military and intelligence agents, according to a copy of the document obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The memo comes as many across Washington are still seeking answers about the flawed evacuation. Republicans in particular are planning to use the one-year anniversary to reexamine the failures that led to the Afghan capital swiftly falling into the hands of the Taliban.
The Biden administration left key decisions on how to evacuate civilians from Kabul until the final hours before the city fell to the Taliban, a new report from Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee claims.
Why it matters: President Biden acknowledged after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal that his administration had not anticipated that Kabul would fall so quickly, but insisted that "we planned for every contingency." The report, released ahead of the one-year anniversary of Kabul's collapse, contends that delays in that planning proved costly.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago was "actually a win" for former President Donald Trump.
What he's saying: "It seemed to motivate his base, and people were rushing to his defense and feeling as if he was being picked upon and martyred," said Hogan, a frequent Trump critic. "But I don't think we've seen the end of the story yet."
Less than a week after the FBI's search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for the repeal of the Espionage Act on Saturday, saying it was an "egregious affront to the 1st Amendment."
Driving the news: The Department of Justice filed a motion on Thursday to unseal parts of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
