House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Thursday that he's launching an inquiry into special counsel Jack Smith's office over accusations of prosecutorial abuse.
Driving the news: Jordan said in a letter that he launched an inquiry into Jay Bratt, one of Smith's senior prosecutors and top aides, over allegations that Bratt improperly pressured Stanley Woodward, the lawyer for Trump aide Walt Nauta who was indicted by the special counsel.
Some Senate conservatives worry their House GOP counterparts are playing with fire as they court the idea of forcing a government shutdown at the end of this month.
State of play: Members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus are floating a zero-sum strategy of using all the leverage at their disposal to force spending cuts and policy concessions, even if that means allowing government funding to run out on Sept. 30.
A Boy Scouts of America whistleblower says administrators blocked proposed child protection measures because they feared objections from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Peter Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under former President Trump, was convicted Thursday for defying a subpoena from the House Jan 6. committee, multiple outlets reported.
Former President Trump told a Fulton County judge on Thursday that he "may" ask to move his prosecution on criminal charges related to his alleged efforts to subvert Georgia's 2020 election results to federal court.
Why it matters: Thursday's filing indicates that the former president and his legal team might be following the example of multiple of his co-defendants, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who have requested that their cases be moved to a federal court.
Two-thirds of Democrat-leaning voters say the party should not nominate President Biden for a second term, according to a new CNN poll released Thursday.
The Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force has identified some $5 billion in Russian central bank assets in the U.S. banking system, a small fraction of the estimated $280 billion in global assets, according to REPO officials.
Why it matters: The $5 billion of immobilized assets is insufficient to cover the Biden administration's latest $24 billion supplemental Ukraine funding request, depriving Congress of the easy argument that Ukraine aid can be paid for by dipping into frozen Russian assets.
The border wall championed by former President Trump harmed cultural and natural resources, according to a new report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.
The big picture: The 450 miles of barriers built along the U.S.-Mexico border altered water sources, affected endangered species and damaged cultural resources, including blasting a tribal burial site, the federal watchdog found.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a judge on Wednesday to take steps to protect jurors who indicted former President Trump andover a dozen of his allies for their alleged attempts to flip Georgia's election results in 2020.
Why it matters: Willis said at least 23 jurors in the case have had their personal information — including their names, ages, addresses and vehicle details —posted anonymously on "conspiracy theory websites" hosted by a Russian company as part of an effort to "harass and intimidate them."
A prominent civil rights group is launching a center to investigate how artificial intelligence affects civil rights, fosters racism and spreads bigotry.
Why it matters: The centercomes amid rising concern that AI may fuel racism and more antisemitism in the U.S. by amplifying bias from human-generated content on the internet.
A majority of Republicans and Democrats think Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) health and age "severely limit his job abilities" after his second apparent freeze-up, a new Economist/YouGov poll found.
After two on-camera health scares in two months, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to defuse doubts by taking the very on-brand stance that there's nothing to see here.
Why it matters: McConnell, 81, has repeatedly declined to give more information on his health beyond the doctor's note released Tuesday — and he reminded his colleagues of his unparalleled fundraising prowess.
More arrests this week in connection with the Capitol riot have taken the total number of people charged over Jan. 6 to approximately 1,146, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
Driving the news: Among them is Lewis Wayne Snoots, of Louisa, Virginia, who was arrested Tuesday for allegedly joining the attack on D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone during the insurrection more than 2.5 years ago.
