Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy posed "grave security risks" to lawmakers and their staff by giving access to Jan. 6 footage to Fox News.
Why it matters: Schumer said McCarthy's decision was a mistake that could lead Fox News host Tucker Carson to air footage exposing highly guarded contingency plans to millions of people.
Investigators with Arizona's attorney general's office concluded that nearly all findings of a largely discredited audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County commissioned by the state Senate were unfounded; but former Republican AG Mark Brnovich withheld the information and left office without releasing it.
Driving the news: Now, his successor has revealed the details, the Washington Post first reported.
Several Colorado schools and an FBI facility in Denver received threatening phone calls Wednesday, prompting lockdowns.
Driving the news: The threat at the FBI facility was unfounded, and appears to be connected to "unfounded threats in other jurisdictions," the Denver Police Department confirmed to Axios.
The big picture: Trump, who is ramping up his 2024 presidential bid, used his visit todraw attention to the Biden administration's response to the train derailment.
The White House mess will open for in-person dining for the first time in President Biden’s White House on March 6, according to an internal email viewed by Axios.
Why it matters: The wood-paneled room with a nautical theme has been closed since the winter of 2020 under COVID restrictions, and its re-opening is the latest sign of the White House's embrace of a post-pandemic world.
Driving the news: Sanders, 81, told Stephen Colbert on CBS’s "Late Show" Monday that Haley’s plan for competency tests for all federal candidates over the age of 75 is "nothing more than old-fashioned ageism" and is "not acceptable."
Venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy, the author of the book "Woke Inc.," announced on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show on Tuesday that he's running for president.
Why it matters: Ramaswamy’s long-shot candidacy tries to fill the role that idea-driven outsiders have played in presidential politics, from Steve Forbes' 1996 GOP flat tax campaign to Andrew Yang's 2020 Democratic universal basic income push.
The foreperson for the Georgia grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election confirmed that the jury recommended indictments.
Driving the news: "There are certainly names that you would recognize, yes," Emily Kohrs said in an interview that aired Tuesday on NBC News’ "Nightly News."
After being shellacked by Republicans in state legislative races over the last decade, two states where Democrats gained full control in 2022 are passing legislation at a breakneck pace.
Why it matters: Expectations are minimal from a split Congress this cycle, dramatically raising the stakes for down-ballot races in 2024 and beyond.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has made an audacious bet by reopening the debate over Jan. 6, thrilling the GOP's right-wing base but horrifying moderates who see the insurrection as a political albatross.
Driving the news: As Axios first reported, McCarthy has entrusted Fox News' Tucker Carlson with 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection. McCarthy had faced intense pressure to release the footage from far-right members whose votes he needed to become speaker.
Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan is heading to Congress after clinching a victory Tuesday in a special election to represent the state's 4th Congressional District.
The big picture: McClellan, who beat conservative pastor Leon Benjamin (R), will become Virginia's first Black congresswoman after hervictory, according to the Associated Press.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy committed an "egregious security breach" by giving access to Jan. 6 footage to Fox News.
Why it matters: Jeffries said his team is dealing with the potential national security implications of McCarthy's decision to share the tapes with Tucker Carlson, whom the lawmaker accused of peddling in conspiracy theories.
