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Former President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care, the Carter Center announced Saturday.

Driving the news: "After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention," the former President's charity said in a statement.

Four more states are reviewing the new Advanced Placement African American studies course following Florida's battle over the teachings.

Driving the news: Officials in Arkansas, North Dakota, Mississippi and Virginia will review the curriculum to check if it conflicts with their policies and laws restricting the teaching of race, according to the Washington Post.

A Republican strategist was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in helping funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into former President Trump's 2016 campaign, per the Department of Justice.

Driving the news: Jessie Benton, a former senior aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), orchestrated a scheme to conceal the illegal foreign donation with another GOP political advisor.

The U.S. military has ended its search for airborne objects shot down last week near Deadhorse, Alaska, and over Canada and Lake Huron, Michigan.

The big picture: The intelligence community has had no indication that the three unidentified objects — which were shot down after the downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon — were tied to external espionage efforts.

More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers are urging President Biden to nominate Julie Su to replace outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, renewing their calls on Biden to boost Asian American representation in his Cabinet.

Why it matters: Senators — who help decide whether the president's nominees ultimately get the job — have previously criticized the White House for the lack of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage among the administration's Cabinet-level secretaries.

Some Democrats are pointing fingers at the U.S. Department of Transportation after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

Why it matters: Lawmakers argue that the crash could have prevented with better regulations.

Federal investigators searched the office of former vice president Mike Pence's conservative nonprofit on Friday and took a "binder with approximately three previously redacted documents" but no new classified records, according to an aide.

The big picture: The search comes one week after the FBI recovered a classified document following a five-hour search of Pence's Indiana home. His legal team previously found a "small number" of potentially classified materials there in January, per Pence's lawyer.

One of the nation's largest food sanitation companies was fined $1.5 million for illegally employing more than 100 minors to carry out hazardous jobs, the Department of Labor announced Friday.

Driving the news: Children as young as 13 were working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment at 13 Packers Sanitation Services Inc. facilities in eight states, the department said its Wage and Hour Division investigation found.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a suspect in connection to two separate, nonfatal shootings of two Jewish people this week and is investigating the incidents as hate crimes.

Driving the news: The shootings occurred on Wednesday and Thursday outside synagogues in the city's Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which is home to a large Jewish community and the Museum of Tolerance, according to NPR.

A senior ISIS leader was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday.

Driving the news: The raid, a partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces, led to an explosion that killed the target, Hamza al-Homsi, and wounded four U.S. servicemembers and a working dog who are now receiving treatment, according to a statement from CENTCOM.

Five former Memphis Police Department officers charged with second-degree murder and other crimes over the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man​ who died days after he was beaten by officers during a traffic stop in January, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Feb. 17.

The latest: Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith also pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression in during an arraignment hearing at Shelby County Criminal Court.

Sen. Rick Scott is firing back after his spending plan became a focal point at the State of the Union, saying President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were unfair to attack him over Social Security and Medicare.

Driving the news: Scott wrote Friday that Social Security, Medicare, national defense and benefits for veterans would be exempt from his proposal to require all federal spending programs to be reauthorized every five years.

Five former Memphis Police Department officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man​ who died days after he was beaten by police in January, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges on Friday.

Driving the news: The former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith also pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression in Shelby County Criminal Court.

The FBI said on Friday it contained and is investigating a cyber incident against its computer network.

Why it matters: The bureau believes the incident involved a bureau computer system used in its investigations into images of child sexual exploitation, CNN first reported.

At least half of eligible borrowers in every congressional district applied for or were automatically approved for President Biden's student debt relief plan before it was blocked due to legal challenges.

Why it matters: There was strong interest across red and blue districts during its brief open window, per new Education Department data.

Top hosts and executives at Fox News privately slammed former President Trump's election fraud claims as "total BS," according to court documents filed in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox.

Why it matters: The filing argues that Fox "knew that Donald Trump lost the election" while "Fox viewers heard a different story— repeatedly."

An Arizona appeals court on Thursday rejected former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's bid to challenge her defeat in the state governor's race.

The big picture: The ruling is the second one against the Trump-backed former candidate who has refused to concede, claiming problems with printers and tabulation machines in the midterm elections despite failing to provide evidence.

President Biden could be forced to break out his veto pen for the first time as soon as March, with Congress on track to pass multiple pieces of legislation the White House opposes.

Why it matters: It would be the latest example of the new Republican House majority creating fights by putting centrist Democrats in a position to buck their party on policy issues such as COVID-19, crime and immigration.

After fighting with Republicans over Social Security and Medicare, Democrats are now singling out another GOP budget proposal: cuts to the federal food stamp program.

Why it matters: With House Democrats in the minority, the role they will be able to play in final budget deficit decisions is limited. But they are jumping at opportunities to distinguish themselves.

Bad news for President Biden: A focus group of Michigan swing voters who backed him in 2020 unanimously want a 2024 primary challenger, even as they struggle to name an alternative.

Why it matters: Biden's age, "mental acuity" and fitness to serve are worrying these voters, Axios learned from our most recent Engagious/Schlesinger focus groups on Tuesday.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center on Wednesday seeking treatment for clinical depression, his chief of staff said Thursday in a statement.

Zoom in: Fetterman was "recommended inpatient care" at Walter Reed and is receiving treatment on a voluntary basis, per chief of staff Adam Jentleson. "After examining John, the doctors at Walter Reed told us that John is getting the care he needs," Jentleson said.

The House Select Committee on China is a rarity in Washington these days: A bipartisan panel that seems determined to work together.

Why it matters: The panel leads — Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) — don't agree on several aspects of U.S.-China policy. But they've made a point of showing unity on their mission: protecting U.S. economic and technological interests while focusing on China's government, not its people.