An isolated national park off the coast of Key West is temporarily closed after the arrival of around 300 migrants — largely from Cuba — landed on the cluster of remote islands over the weekend, officials said.
House Republicans are eyeing a new rule to keep hold of the host of records generated by the Jan. 6 select committee during its broad inquiry into the attack on the Capitol.
Steven Sund — who was Capitol Police chief during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol siege, and resigned shortly after — warns in a book out Tuesday that many of the building's vulnerabilities remain unfixed.
Why it matters: Sund alleges in "Courage Under Fire" that the federal government's shortcomings, including its failure to act on its own alerts about a right-wing attack on the Capitol, allowed the assault to occur.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has begged countless lawmakers — and offered extraordinary concessions, including allowing members to easily fire him at any time — to secure the votes for speaker.
Why it matters: Republicans will take control of the House as the 118th Congress opens Tuesday. But McCarthy still doesn't have the votes he needs for speaker, as a handful of GOP lawmakers remain publicly opposed.
Top members of his team tell Axios they're optimistic about pulling it out. But they can't point to an exact route — always a bad sign.
Bolstered by conservative outrage over revelations in the "Twitter Files" released by Elon Musk, House Republicans plan a new Judiciary Committee panel with the working name "Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government."
Why it matters: It's part of the aggressive posture planned by the GOP, which takes the House majority when the new Congress opens Tuesday.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation Saturday to legalize human composting in the Empire State, the Associated Press reports.
The big picture: New York joins five other states (Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and California) that in recent years allowed the eco-conscious burial method.
Outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union" Sunday that he has "fear for the future of this country" if former President Trump isn't charged with a crime over the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Driving the news: “If this is not a crime, I don’t know what is," Kinzinger, one of two Republican members of the House Jan. 6 committee, told CNN. "If a president can incite an insurrection and not be held accountable, then really there’s no limit to what a president can do or can’t do."
Chief Justice John Roberts focused on judges' safety in his annual year-end report, following one of the Supreme Court's most tumultuous and consequential terms to date.
Why it matters: Threats against public officials on all levels of government have intensified in recent years and came to a head in 2022 after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights logged nearly 19,000 discrimination complaints from Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022, more than double the previous year, the New York Times reports.
Why it matters: The nation's fragile education system is dealing with the lastingeffects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a nationwide racial reckoning. The majority of complaints allege discrimination based on disability, race or sex, officials say.
