Police in Burlington, Vermont, are investigating whether a weekend shooting that left three college students of Palestinian descent injured was "hate-motivated."
The latest: Jason J. Eaton, 48, the suspect arrested in connection with the shooting that hospitalized the three 20-year-olds, pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of attempted murder.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Monday that he's "confident and optimistic" Congress will be able to approve aid to Israel and Ukraine before the holidays.
The big picture: Congress has been grappling with responding to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, but dysfunction in the lower chamber has hindered its ability to legislate.
Driving the news: Trump's team said that the orders "shield" the judge overseeing the case and his law clerk from "the precise scrutiny essential to maintaining public confidence in the judiciary and ensuring a fair trial."
Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year is "the term for something we're thinking about, writing about, aspiring to, and judging more than ever," the dictionary said in its announcement just after midnight.
Driving the news:"Authentic" saw a substantial increase in online lookups this year, driven by stories and conversations about AI, celebrity culture, identity and social media, the dictionary said.
A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hillgraduate student accused of shooting and killing a professor on campus earlier this year is unfit for trial, a court ruled on Monday.
What's happening: Two separate mental-health evaluations found Tailei Qi, 34, unfit to stand trial for the Aug. 28 shooting, and referred him to a mental health facility in Butner, North Carolina, WRAL reports.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan have signed a deal for the definitive book about Donald Trump's final act in public life — whatever that final act is.
Why it matters: The two have owned the Trump beat for years, with deep, wide sources in his orbit and throughout the Republican Party he has transformed.
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.
