Why it matters: Trump has wrapped his campaign around his numerous court cases for much of the past year, frequently casting himself as a victim of political enemies to gain sympathy from supporters.
House Republicans are placing their efforts to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress on hold as they negotiate with his legal team.
Why it matters: Lawyers for the president's son offered an 11th-hour olive branch last week to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, offering to have him sit for the closed-door deposition he had been resisting.
Why it matters: Amid fears of an escalation in the Red Sea and growing U.S. military involvement, Kirby stressed that the U.S. is "not looking for a war."
Congressional committee chairs reached a deal Tuesday that would expand the federal child tax credit, after three years of pushing by Democrats and progressives.
Why it matters: It's a meaningful expansion that could lift as many as a half-million kids out of poverty and make about 5 million more less poor, according to an estimate from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
President Biden is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday to discuss an emergency national security funding package still being hashed out by lawmakers, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The president's request for more than $100 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and border security has been stuck in Senate negotiations for months.
Fresh off his decisivewin in the Iowa caucuses, former President Trump was in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday for the start of a civil trial over a defamation lawsuit filed by author E. Jean Carroll.
Why it matters: Trump's attendance at the hearing was voluntary. He has already been found liable for defamatory remarks he made against Carroll when he denied her rape accusations in 2019, so the jury will determine how much he owes Carroll in damages.
DAVOS, Switzerland — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday that the Biden administration's strategy for post-war Gaza is to link normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to the creation of a pathway for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Why it matters: Sullivan's comments echoed Secretary of State Tony Blinken's private message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv last week. The Biden administration is hoping to use a potential historic peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia as leverage for getting Israel on board with its plan for what happens in Gaza after the war.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked JetBlue from completing its $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines, agreeing with the U.S. Justice Department that the deal would be anticompetitive.
Why it matters: This is a devastating blow for JetBlue, the country's sixth largest airline, and its incoming CEO Joanna Geraghty.
The war in Gaza is testing the historically strong support evangelical Latinos have given to Israel.
The big picture: Divisions over theHamas-Israel war highlight bubbling tensions among Latino evangelicals in the U.S. as congregations grow in numbers and become more diverse.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is capitalizing on former President Trump's victory in the Iowa caucuses to boost his Senate candidacy by highlighting his service on the Jan. 6 select committee.
U.S. Navy SEALs seized a cache of Iranian-supplied missile parts and other weaponry bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday.
Driving the news: Search and rescue operations are ongoing for two Navy SEALs who went missing during the mission, CENTCOM said.
The House of Representatives canceled votes on a stopgap spending bill planned for Tuesday evening due to a winter storm that is expected to bring several inches of snow to D.C.
Why it matters: The delay will force lawmakers to work on a truncated schedule to keep federal agencies from shutting down – this time due to a lack of funding – on Jan. 19.
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee plan to center their second impeachment hearing for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas onthe purported effects of the influx of migrants at the border.
Driving the news: The panel is set to hear from an array of witnesses on Thursday ranging from a law enforcement official to people who lost family members as a result of violent crimes or drug overdoses.
The astonishing speed and sweep of former President Trump's victory in the Iowa caucuses last night delivered a massive wakeup call to Republican skeptics still dreaming of a post-MAGA world.
Why it matters: Inevitability has been the prevailing theme of Trump's quest for a third straight GOP nomination. His historic win in Iowa — declared by the networks just 31 minutes after caucusing began — moves the country one step closer to the longest general election campaign in modern history.
President Biden trails former President Trump by eight percentage points in a hypothetical rematch in Georgia, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of registered voters out Tuesday.
Why it matters: The poll offers an early warning sign for Biden, who flipped Georgia blue in 2020 for the first time in nearly three decades.
President Biden called former President Trump after his Iowa caucuses win Monday the "clear" Republican primary frontrunner, saying in a donations appeal "this election was always going to be you and me vs. extreme MAGA Republicans."
Why it matters: The president's comments build on his efforts to rally his party for a fight against "MAGA extremism," as most polls show a tight race between Biden and Trump — whose Iowa win was called by AP and other outlets some 30 minutes after voting began in the first-in-the nation caucuses.
Approximately 110,000 Republicans turned out for Monday's Iowa caucuses, according to preliminary results from the state Republican Party, in what is on track to be the lowest levels of GOP turnout since 2000.
Why it matters: Voter turnout was a major question ahead of Monday's caucuses as extreme weather slammed the state, creating treacherous conditions for Iowans wishing to support their candidate.
The big picture: After Trump's early projected victory, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis secured second place and a much-needed boost for his campaign after heavy campaigning in the state.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday and endorsed former President Trump — just over two hours after the Republican primary front-runner won the first-in-the nation Iowa caucuses.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on track to finish in second in Monday's Iowa caucuses in a crucial performance for his presidential campaign, AP projects.
The Associated Press is defending its decision to declare former President Trump the winner of the Iowa caucuses on Monday about 30 minutes after voting began.
Why it matters: The 8:31pm ET call came as just nine of 1,657 precincts were reporting results — or 0.54%.
The Biden administration denounced Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for launching missile strikes near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Monday night.
The big picture: National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in an emailed statement Monday evening that U.S. officials had seen the report of the IRGC's claims that it took aim at an Israeli "espionage center" and other targets and noted no American personnel or facilities were targeted.
Former President Trump will win Monday'spivotalfirst-in-the nation Iowa caucuses, the AP projects, cementing his status as the overwhelming front-runner in the Republican primary.
Why it matters: Trump's campaign set expectations high heading into Iowa — and his victory signals that the lead he held in polls for months before the caucuses is a reality among Republican voters.
