Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is seriously considering a 2024 presidential campaign, told Axios that he will never support Donald Trump for president again — even if he wins the Republican nomination.
Why it matters: No potential GOP candidate has made such an explicit pledge, underscoring the degree to which Christie is betting on the viability of an anti-Trump lane in the primary.
What he's saying: "Maria woke up this morning without one of her best friends, Cindy Peak," Lee said in a press release. "Cindy was supposed to come over to have dinner with Maria last night after she filled in as a substitute teacher yesterday at Covenant."
House Republicans from every ideological caucus — known colloquially as the "five families" — are using the absence of a unified GOP budget proposal to attempt to shape negotiations with the White House.
Why it matters: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) accommodating leadership style and narrow majority — along with the concessions he made to become speaker — have empowered rank-and-file lawmakers to try to exert new influence.
A July 2021 message from U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan warning that Kabul could collapse if American troops withdrew is the focus of a fight between House Republicans who want a copy of the message — and the State Department, which doesn't want to give it up.
Why it matters: The flap over the cable message pits Republicans' efforts to probe the Biden administration's messy exit from Afghanistan vs. the State Department's desire to protect its secret "dissent channel."
A staffer of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was "brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.," over the weekend, the senator said Monday evening.
Details: A D.C. Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Axios that officers had arrested a suspect in connection with a stabbing that occurred less than 1.5 miles from the U.S. Capitol on Saturday evening.
The Metro Nashville Police Department on Monday released the names of the six victims, including three children, killed in a school shooting earlier that day.
The big picture: The shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school that serves children in grades preschool through sixth grade.
Key U.S. banking regulators testified before lawmakers on Tuesday in the first hearing after the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank that sparked panic about the financial system's health.
Why it matters: Officials faced tense questions about how SVB's troubles flew under the radar, eventually prompting extraordinary steps from regulatorsto backstop the banking sector.
Driving the news: In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, the lawmakers said the "harm of detaining children is clear," and outlined ways detention can cause psychological trauma to children and disrupt family dynamics.
A bill in the California Assembly would allow for the use diacritical marks — like those in á and ñ — on birth certificates and other government documents for the first time since 1986, when state voters overwhelmingly approved a proposition that made English the state's official language.
The big picture: Despite being oneof the most diverse states in the country, California vital records such as birth certificates can't have accent or other marks.
Philadelphia officials say the city's water will be safe to drink until at least midnight Wednesday following a chemical spill in the Delaware River, which supplies nearly 60% of the city's water.
Driving the news: No contaminants related to the Bristol Township discharge have been found in Philadelphia's water system, the city's water department said Tuesday morning in an update.
Rarely does one poll stare so deeply into the soul of a nation and tell its story. But a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll exposes generational and political divides that echo loudly and transformatively across our culture, politics and governance.
Why it matters:Bill McInturff, the pollster on earlier editions of this survey, told The Journal that the combined toll of political division, COVID and the lowest economic confidence in decades appear to be having "a startling effect on our core values."
The head of Building Back Together, a "dark money" group designed to highlight President Biden’s accomplishments, is leaving the organization, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The departure of executive director Danielle Melfi signals a new mission for the nonprofit organization — which accepts unlimited contributions from anonymous donors — as President Biden prepares to announce his re-election campaign.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday its military test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan.
Driving the news: The defense ministry said on Telegram that "missile ships of the Pacific Fleet" successfully fired two "Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target" at a distance of some 62 miles.
While politicians in some states are working to limit gender-affirming care for transgender young people, Washington state's legislature is going in the opposite direction.
What's happening: This year, Washington lawmakers are trying to protect transgender patients — as well as doctors who practice here — from the reach of other states' laws that restrict gender-affirming health care for minors.
