Driving the news: Russell Douglas Warren, 48, of Prudenville appeared in federal court Monday afternoon in Bay City, Michigan, and was ordered temporarily detained, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan told Axios.
House Democrats are decrying an "abuse of power" in the GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Why it matters: The 29-page Democratic defense of Mayorkas, released Monday, comes as Republicans barrel toward an historic impeachment of the cabinet secretary.
Schools were the third most common location for hate crimes in the U.S. in a recent five-year stretch, per new FBI data.
The big picture: After homes and roadways, schools from pre-school to twelfth grade made up 10% of hate crimes in 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation report, released Monday, said.
26 Republican attorneys general demanded in a letter Monday that the Biden administration "enforce the laws that secure the southern border."
The big picture: The move is a show of support for GOP lawmakers in Texas, who are resisting a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed for the removal of razor wire at the southern border.
The U.S. Department of Justice charged an Iranian narcotics trafficker and two Canadian nationals on Monday in a murder-for-hire plot against two people in Maryland.
Why it matters: The Justice Department said the intended victims of the plot had previously fled to the U.S. after one of them defected from Iran.
The former Internal Revenue Service contractor who leaked the tax records of former President Trump and other wealthy Americans was sentenced to five years in prison Monday, multipleoutlets reported.
Why it matters: The leaks offered an unprecedented glimpse of confidential IRS information and also highlighted how little the ultra-wealthy pay in taxes relative to their income.
Former Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice had the titans and swells at the 111th annual Alfalfa Club dinner on their feet Saturday night as she played Ukraine's national anthem on an onstage piano — and asked her "fellow Republicans" to support Ukraine.
Why it matters: Rice, director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, was part of the evening's through-line — protecting democracy.
President Biden jolted the energy and climate worlds by pausing liquefied natural gas export approvals, and in doing so stirred up several political and business risks ahead of the 2024 election.
The big picture: The Energy Department announced on Friday it would freeze new permits as officials reassess the climate, energy security and market effects.
Republican and Democratic senators are taking to the airwaves, scrambling to pass severe restrictions on migrants flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. There's just one thing: Their plan is all but dead.
Why it matters: The Senate might pass the plan, which would be one of the harshest immigration bills of the century. President Biden is ready to sign it. But House Republicans — egged on by former President Trump — already are planning to shut it down.
The big picture: Oklahoma Republican Party vice chair Wayne Hill announced in a statement Saturday that the state GOP had passed a resolution condemning and censuring Lankford over the border talks, threatened to withdraw support for him and accused him of "playing fast and loose with Democrats" on the issue.
