Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has requested Secret Service protection due to increased threats against her, she confirmed to the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Why it matters: Haley, who did not disclose details about the threats, is the last major opponent challenging former President Trump for the GOP nomination.
Altered video of President Biden doesn't violate Meta's policy on manipulated media and can remain on Facebook because it didn't involve the use of artificial intelligence, the board overseeing content moderation said Monday.
Why it matters: The board did so while at the same time criticizing Meta's manipulated media policy as "incoherent, lacking in persuasive justification" and recommending revisions.
Allies of former President Trump are trying to maximize public opposition to the border deal "to make Senate leadership sweat," according to a source familiar with the effort.
Why it matters: Trump is once again flexing his dominance within the GOP to test whether his endorsers will break with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.).
One of the first former DACA recipients to receive a White House presidential appointment, will run for state Senate in New Mexico.
Why it matters: Cindy Nava, a once-undocumented immigrant from Mexico who worked without pay in the New Mexico Legislature for a decade, could become one of the first former DACA recipients to win an election.
The State Department will start restricting visas Monday for people who are believed to be linked to misuses of commercial spyware.
Why it matters: The move marks an escalation in the Biden administration's effort to curtail abuses of commercial spyware, including cases where spyware is used to target journalists, political dissidents, members of marginalized communities and family members of people in these groups.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) announced Monday she is going back on her previous plans to retire at the end of the year and instead filing for reelection.
Why it matters: It’s rare to see such a stark heel-turn in a lawmaker’s reelection plans – though it has already happened at least once this Congress.
Six months after debate advice and other material had been discovered online that Never Back Down prepared for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the leakers' identity has been revealed: The super PAC behind Sen. Tim Scott.
Why it matters: It had been one of the biggest mysteries of the GOP primary and the leak "caused major suspicion inside the DeSantis campaign — and between it and the super PAC," reporter Marc Caputo, who first reported on the leaker, wrote in The Bulwark.
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's (D-Detroit) monster fundraising total underlines the uphill battle any potential opponent will face should they challenge the polarizing congresswoman in the primary this year.
Driving the news: Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, raised $3.7 million toward her re-election campaign in the final quarter of 2023.
Extreme weather events worsened by climate change are chipping away at sites linked to the Holocaust and endangering historical buildings, archives and artifacts, according to an international advocacy group.
The big picture: Mass graves and sites of former concentration camps hold the record of the Holocaust. As the last generation of the Holocaust ages, these sites are the final living memory of what happened.
Veterans of the Obama administration are re-launching an advocacy group, National Security Action, to make the case for President Biden's re-election based on his foreign policy, according to a memo obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has divided the Democratic Party and the group will try to make the case for Democrats to unite, using the argument that Biden is better than another Trump term.
Yang Hengjun, an Australian writer who was based in New York before his arrest in China on espionage charges in 2019, was given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court on Monday.
The big picture: Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, said in a statement she's "appalled" at the sentence of Yang, which is expected to be commuted to life in prison after two years, and vowed the Australian government would communicate its response "in the strongest terms."
Why it matters: The deal took months of agonizing negotiations. Within the first few hours of the bill’s grand reveal — Republicans across the spectrum are driving the nail in the coffin.
The Senate appropriations committee released on Sunday the text of their sweeping$118.3billion emergency spending package, which combines foreign aid with restrictive policy changes for the U.S.-Mexico border.
Why it matters: The bill's fate is highly uncertain, with the package held up for months as a bipartisan group of senators hashed out a border deal to appease Republicans. An initial vote isexpected this week.
