Driving the news: "He's disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople," Nassau County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Cairo said at a press conference Wednesday.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) plans to run for Senate in 2024, according to a source familiar with the matter. This comes after Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) publicly announced her bid.
Former Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that he is running for the House seat of Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) a dayafter she announced she would run for Senate in 2024.
Why it matters: Rouda, who was first elected in 2018, decided to not run for election in 2022 in a newly drawn California congressional seat that would have pitted him against Porter.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that New York's new gun control law can be enforced, at least temporarily, while legal challenges play out.
Driving the news: The high court rejected an emergency request by some gun owners who oppose the new law, which expanded training requirements for applicants seeking to carry a handgun and requested additional information from prospective gun owners, AP reports.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are asking former Twitter employees to testify at a February hearing on the social media platform's handling of reporting on Hunter Biden, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: This first move while in the majority is an indication of the committee's priorities — even as it launches an investigation into the classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center.
Experts are increasingly warning of a connection between heavy social media use and mental health issues in children — a hot topic now driving major lawsuits against tech giants.
Why it matters: Seattle Public Schools' recently filed lawsuit against TikTok, Meta, Snap and others — which accuses the social media giants of contributing to a youth mental health crisis — is one of hundreds of similar cases.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a pre-recorded video message at the Golden Globes on Tuesday night that while the war against Russia's invading military "is not over" yet, "the tide is turning."
Driving the news:"The First World War claimed millions of lives," said Zelensky, who was introduced by actor Sean Penn during the telecast. "The Second World War claimed tens of millions of them. There will be no Third World War. It is not a trilogy: Ukraine will stop the Russian aggression on our land."
Television network C-SPAN on Tuesday wrote a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requesting regular access to the House chamber, citing the positive response to its coverage of the dramatic 15 rounds of voting for the House speakership.
Driving the news: The request comes after C-SPAN cameras roamed freely for several days, giving an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into political dynamics from new angles and gaining much attention online.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will eventually have to decide whether to appoint a special counsel on the Biden classified documents probe — while leaning on guidance from a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney.
Why it matters: Garland's reported decision to assign the case to U.S. Attorney John Lausch could help insulate the investigation from accusations of political bias, especially if the outcome involves no findings of criminal wrongdoing.
House Republicans are gearing up for a sprawling, multi-pronged investigation into federal law enforcement agencies, voting on Tuesday to establish a select committee to investigate the "weaponization" of the federal government.
The big picture: The committee is the culmination of a growing antipathy among Republican lawmakers — and, crucially, their grassroots base — toward federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
President Biden and Janet Yellen agreed late last year she will stay on as secretary of the Treasury, according to an administration official.
Why it matters: White House officials in the fall of last year had been preparing for Yellen's potential departure after the 2022 midterms, depending in part on the outcome of the elections, Axios' Hans Nichols reports.
President Biden on Tuesday said he was "surprised" government records were taken to his old think-tank office, and added he's been cooperating fully with a review into the situation.
Driving the news: The remarks were the president's most comprehensive yet after the revelation this week that documents from his time as vice president were discovered and turned over to the National Archives in November.
