Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) beat Democratic challenger Rudy Salas to win California's 22nd Congressional District, AP reported late Monday.
Why it matters: Valadao was one of the 10 House Republicans who voted last year to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Republican groups are asking Georgia's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing early voting to take place Saturday for the state's Dec. 6 Senate runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican Herschel Walker.
Driving the news: Afterthe state court of appeals denied an appeal of the ruling Monday, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Georgia Republican Party argued the court had made a mistake and so they're appealing again, this time to the state's highest court.
Driving the news: The Department of Justice has urged the Atlanta-based appeals court to terminate the special master requirement, saying it is hindering its investigation into Trump's handling of classified records.
The White House on Tuesday announced that it is extending the pause on student loan repayments through June 30, 2023.
The big picture: The latest extension comes as the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan remains in legal limbo. The pause on repayments had been set to expire in December.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied former President Trump's emergency application asking it to block a Democratic-led House committee from obtaining his tax returns.
Why it matters: The denial allows Trump's tax returns to be released to the House Ways and Means Committee, which has been attempting for years to obtain them from the Internal Revenue Service as part of its investigation into the service’s presidential audit program.
A U.S. Army veteran who co-owns a Colorado brewery popular among Mexican Americans around the country is being hailed as a hero for helping subdue the suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club.
Driving the news: Richard Fierro was one of two patrons praised by authorities for disarming the suspect at Club Q after five people were killed and 17 others were left with gunshot wounds. Fierro told reporters a passing drag performer stomped on the gunman's face at his request.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) testified Tuesday before the Fulton County special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Driving the news: "Today, Senator Graham appeared before the Fulton County Special Grand Jury for just over two hours and answered all questions," per a statement from senator's office.
"Ohio is where venture capitalists go to die, and you're not ready to die yet."
That's what Mark Kvamme says he was told by a friend in 2012, when he and fellow Sequoia Capital vet Chris Olsen launched a Columbus-based firm called Drive Capital.
Since then, Drive has amassed $2.2 billion in AUM, backed several unicorns and expanded its two-person team to nearly three dozen.
But 2022 has become a year of transition (some say turmoil) at Drive, headlined by Kvamme's recent decision to step back from day-to-day operations.
Outgoing NIAID director Anthony Fauci appeared at his last White House press briefing Tuesday, urging Americans to get their updated COVID-19 booster shots.
Driving the news: Fauci, who served as President Biden's chief medical adviser since January 2021, announced in August that he would be retiring from government service in December in order to "pursue the next chapter" of his career.
Fifteen Republican-led states are pushing a last-minute legal effort to keep alive a controversial COVID-19 policy that cites threats to public health to quickly expel migrants and asylum seekers, according to a new court filing.
Why it matters: Title 42 — used 2.4 million times over the course of more than two and a half years — is slated to end Dec. 21 after U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan last week ruled it unlawful.
Officials on Monday night arrested the suspect in a motor vehicle crash at an Apple store in Hingham, Massachusetts, that killed at least one person and injured 16 others, according to local authorities.
The latest: Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Tuesday that police obtained an arrest warrant charging Bradley Rein, 53, with reckless homicide by motor vehicle.
New details are emerging about Saturday's mass shooting inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, including the identities of the five victims killed and the heroic actions two patrons took to stop the gunman.
The latest: U.S. Army veteran Richard Fierro, one of two patrons praised by authorities for disarming the suspect at Q Club, told reporters Monday he did what he was "trained to do" and got into "combat mode."
Oregon became on Monday the latest state to announce it's pardoning thousands of people with low-level marijuana convictions.
The big picture: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's move to pardon some 45,000 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana comes weeks after President Biden took similar action under federal law.
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Officer Howard Liebengood's suicide three days after the Jan. 6 insurrection was ruled a line-of-duty death on Monday.
The big picture: The decision by the Justice Department’s Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program ensures that Liebengood's family will be able to receive the health and financial benefits typically distributed to relatives of federal law enforcement who are killed in the line of fire.
It also has larger implications for the profession, which has remained reluctant to link suicide to on-duty work due to stigma.
Ahead of the Dec. 6 Georgia Senate runoff, both Republican Herschel Walker and the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, are tying themselves to GOP Gov. Brian Kemp's popularity following his nearly 8-point general election win.
Driving the news: Warnock’s campaign recently released a statewide TV ad featuring a Republican voter who supported Warnock and Kemp. "I just can’t get past Herschel Walker’s lack of character," says the voter, Lynn Whittenburg.
Like a seasoned CEO, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) handled her party's succession plan seamlessly — anointing a new generation of Democratic talent at a moment other aging leaders are reluctant to give up power.
Why it matters: President Biden's 80th birthday on Sunday was a fresh reminder that Democrats do not have anything close to a coherent plan for their presidential hopes.
The Department of Justice issued a memorandum Monday to improve and expand access to federal services and agencies for people with limited English proficiency (LEP).
The big picture: Roughly 8% of people 5 and older in the U.S. say they speak English less than "very well," according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's over 26 million people.
