President Biden arrived back in Poland on Monday evening following a roughly five-hour surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war.
Why it matters: While American presidents have visited war zones before, Biden's visit to Ukraine was "historic and unprecedented" the White House said, as there has never been a visit by a president to an active war zone where the U.S. does not have a military presence.
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe said Monday that he has been removed from his position as the organization's leader.
Driving the news: "I have been stripped of my authority as CEO and removed from the board of directors,"O’Keefe said in video remarks that were posted online.
Prosecutors have dropped the firearm sentencing enhancement in the charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the film set of “Rust," the Santa Fe District Attorney's Office announced Monday.
Why it matters: While Baldwin and the film set's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, still face involuntary manslaughter charges for their alleged roles in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the amount of prison time they could face is significantly reduced.
A mass shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, early Sunday morning left one person dead and 10 others wounded.
Driving the news: Police responded to news of a shooting shortly before 1am Sunday and found two victims critically wounded at the scene, the Memphis Police Department said in a statement.
Why it matters: In the three-page letter to Norfolk Southern president and CEO Alan Shaw, Buttigieg accused the company of putting profits before safety measures and urged it to "demonstrate unequivocal support for the people" of East Palestine.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.
Carlson TV producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds. Excerpts will begin airing in the coming weeks.
Police arrested a suspect after one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting along the route of a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans on Sunday night.
Driving the news: The New Orleans Police Department said officers were in the vicinity of the Krewe of Bacchus parade route when they heard shots fired and found five victims when they arrived at the scene.
The big picture: The unannounced visit is a major sign of American support for Ukraine and marks the first time Biden has visited the country since the war began.
The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday selected Kristina Karamo, who denied the 2020 election results and has not conceded her 14-point loss in the 2022 midterm election for Michigan secretary of state, to be its next state chair.
Driving the news: Karamo defeated Trump-backed candidate Matthew DePerno after three rounds of voting to lead the Republican Party ahead of the 2024 election in a crucial battleground state.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Photos: Win McNamee, Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two of South Carolina's most popular Republicans —once viewed as the future of the GOP — are on a potential collision course in the 2024 presidential race.
Driving the news: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley formally kicked off her presidential campaign Wednesday, calling for generational change at a packed rally in downtown Charleston.
Author Salman Rushdie weighed in this weekend on the decision to edit the popular children's books by Roald Dahl to make them more inclusive, calling the move "absurd censorship."
Driving the news: The Telegraph reported Friday that Dahl's publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company made hundreds of changes to the children's books to allow them to "be enjoyed by all children today," the Washington Post reports.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's call this week for mental competency tests for politicians older than 75 as "absurd."
Driving the news: "We are fighting racism, we're fighting sexism, we're fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism," Sanders told CBS News' "Face the Nation."
Showing some leg on a future national agenda, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tells interviewer Salena Zito that many federal government departments should be moved outside D.C.
Why it matters: This is a new, action-oriented approach to former President Trump's "Drain the Swamp" mantra. DeSantis unveiled it as his team gears up for a potential 2024 GOP presidential run.
Both Democrats and Republicansare getting louder about old age as a reason to head off a rerun between President Biden, 80, and former President Trump, 76.
Why it matters: Democrats tell pollsters Biden's age is a big reason so many want another nominee. And some in the GOP are using Trump's age to push the party past his divisive era.
