Axios

Even as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack prepares to wrap up its work by the end of the year, its members are not planning to go quietly into the night.

Why it matters: The committee's most explosive moments may still be yet to come as it prepares to release initial findings before the election and a final report afterward — with the potential for another hearing to roll out that report.

Members of the Jan. 6 select committee unanimously voted on Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Trump.

Why it matters: The 9-0 vote came during Thursday's televised meeting aimed at making the case that Trump was the central antagonist in the attack and in preceding efforts to overturn the election.

The Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday played stunning footage of congressional leaders in both parties calling governors and Trump administration officials from a secure location to try to quell the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Why it matters: The footage is meant to highlight how the legislative branch was left to fend for itself as former President Trump sat on his hands while his supporters ransacked the building.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the Jan. 6 select committee, said Thursday that the panel has information to consider criminal referrals for multiple individuals.

Driving the news: "We have sufficient information to consider criminal referrals ... and recommend a range of legislative proposals to guard against another Jan. 6," Cheney said just before the committee voted to subpoena former President Trump.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition from former President Trump, barring the special master from reviewing classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.

Why it matters: The order is a major blow to Trump's efforts to get the high court to weigh in on the Justice Department proceeding with its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified material.

When Taiwanese American Jeremy Lin took the court with the New York Knicks in 2012, no one could’ve predicted what would happen next.

Driving the news: Ten years after Lin took the NBA by storm, a new HBO film, titled "38 at the Garden," situates the story of Linsanity in the current era of heightened anti-Asian hate — breathing new life into the magic that shattered the very stereotypes fueling recent surges in hate.

A 12-person jury on Thursday recommended life in prison without parole for Nikolas Cruz, the gunman responsible for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Driving the news: The death penalty was on the table for Cruz, but the jury would've had to reach that decision unanimously.

The Jan. 6 committee confirmed in its hearing Thursday that then-President Trump signed a memo on Nov. 11, 2020, ordering the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Somalia and Afghanistan — days after the election was called for Joe Biden.

Why it matters: The committee pointed to the existence of the memo — which was first reported in Axios' "Off the Rails" series in May 2021 — as evidence that Trump knew he had lost the election and was scrambling to cement his foreign-policy legacy before leaving office.

The New York Attorney General’s Office has asked a judge to stop former President Trump from moving his business assets to a new holding company amid a pending civil lawsuit.

Why it matters: The AG's office has alleged Trump and the Trump Organization are looking to avoid accountability in the lawsuit, as the former president faces other legal challenges tied to his time in office, his business and the 2020 election.

The Los Angeles Latino council members who used racist language in a leaked recording have exposed the conflicts — but also the solidarity — between Black and Latino residents.

Why it matters: As the country, especially major cities, becomes more diverse, how Latinos and Black Americans work together today may define the nation's future around civil rights and equality.

Consumer prices continued to soar in September, while the measure that strips out food and energy raced ahead as price pressure remains hot throughout the economy, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

Why it matters: The report puts pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates swiftly in an attempt to slow price increases. The move risks tipping the economy into a recession.

The Jan. 6 select committee is convening Thursday for what is its last public hearing before the midterm elections, and, potentially ever.

The big picture: The hearing will center on former President Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his role in events surrounding the violence on Jan. 6, Axios' Alayna Treene reports.

Here's scoopage from long-form artist Robert Draper's "Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind," out Tuesday.

The big picture: The book chronicles high-profile, far-right House Republicans who, "far from moving on from Trump, have taken the politics of hysteria to even greater extremes."

The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. — as well as some sales of video surveillance equipment from three other Chinese firms — out of national security concerns, sources with direct knowledge of the private deliberations told Axios.

Why it matters: The move, which marks the first time the FCC has banned electronics equipment on national security grounds, closes a vise on the two Chinese companies that began tightening during the Trump administration.

Nury Martinez resigned from the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday in the fallout of leaked audio in which she and two other councilmembers made racist remarks.

The latest: The council has struggled to perform its duties in the wake of the scandal, as angry protesters disrupted a meeting for a second straight day at City Hall on Wednesday.

Five Texas family members were sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge for their roles during the U.S. Capitol riot.

Driving the news: The Munn family, from Borger, had in their guilty pleas admitted to climbing through a broken window and entering a private Senate conference room as they became among the first to enter the Capitol complex on Jan. 6, 2021, spending time in a private Senate conference room.

A former Louisville police officer has pleaded guilty to using excessive force while responding to an incident during the Breonna Taylor protests in June 2020, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The big picture: The case involving Katie R. Crews, 29, who is white, occurred as police were trying to impose a curfew over weeks-long protests at the killing of Taylor by police during a no-knock search of her apartment — and the incident spurred further protests in Kentucky's largest city over officers' treatment of Black people, the Washington Post notes.