Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday laid out a jam packed, national security-focused agenda for the Senate as returns for its last three weeks of 2023.
Why it matters: Congress is grappling with an array of foreign crises including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, but dysfunction in the House has hamstrung its ability to legislate.
Russia's interior ministry has added Meta spokesperson Andy Stone to a "wanted" list, according to a government online database.
Why it matters: Russian state news agency Tass reported Sunday that Meta communications director Stone was "wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation."
Spending quality time with a newborn can shape new fathers' brains and have a lasting impact on their parenting instincts, new research shows.
Why it matters: The transitional period into parenthood is key for "building the fathering brain," researchers found, but the U.S. lags behind most of the rest of the world in its paternity leave policies.
Lawmakers are fleeing Congress at a record clip, with13 senators and representatives announcing this month they won't seek re-election — the highest number in more than a decade, according to Ballotpedia.
Former President Trump revealed that he's "seriously looking at alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act, calling the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare during his administration "a low point for the Republican Party."
Why it matters: Ahead of last year's midterms, Republicans effectively gave up on campaigning to kill the ACA — acknowledging that the program was popular and fully embedded in the U.S. health care system.
A new documentary examines how one of the nation's largest Indigenous tribes handles a police shortage and the plight of some aspiring officers who want to help.
The big picture: The HBO Original three-part documentary series "Navajo Police: Class 57" counters the romantic portrayals of Tony Hillerman's novels and John Ford's westerns about the Navajo Nation and gives a vivid picture of what's at stake in a vast region battling inequality.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave little importance Sunday to the possibility of former President Trump refusing to concede if he loses in the 2024 presidential primaries.
What he's saying: "Look, no one will expect [Trump] to concede. He hasn't conceded the 2020 election. Who cares?" Christie said on ABC's "This Week."
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Friday he would be happy to vote for a Democrat in the 2024 presidential race, which he thinks would be an "upgrade" from former President Trump.
Why it matters: Romney, one of Trump's most vocal critics within the GOP, has repeatedly sparred with the former president, who remains the 2024 Republican Party front-runner for the White House.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison in Arizona on Friday, a spokesperson for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed to Axios.
Driving the news: The Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Axios that an unnamed inmate had been assaulted around 12:30 pm local time Friday and that prison staff has performed "life-saving measures" before the inmate was transported to the hospital.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Friday he won't resign from Congress but acknowledged he will likely be expelled as he lobbed salacious accusations at colleagues and called the chair of the Ethics Committee a "p***y".
States spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to ship migrants elsewhere this year.
Why it matters: What started as a GOP political stunt ahead of the midterms has led states and cities of both parties to spend significant resources to help migrants and asylum seekers reach other parts of the country.
