POLITICO Playbook: What to expect from the first Jan. 6 hearing  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  At 8 p.m., the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack plans to start unveiling the most complete and visceral dissection to date of the mob …

Biden to media: Be better  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Setota Hailemariam  —  JOE BIDEN doesn't do many off-the-record chats with reporters.  So the traveling White House press corps …

An Uvalde pediatrician says he will ‘never forget what I saw’ after the shooting.  —  Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, described to members of Congress on Wednesday the horrors he saw two weeks ago in the city's emergency room as he treated wounded and dying students …

Man with gun is arrested near Brett Kavanaugh's home, officials say  —  Court documents indicate that the man told police he wanted to kill a Supreme Court justice  —  A man with a gun and a knife was detained by police early Wednesday near the Maryland home of Brett M. Kavanaugh …

Bipartisan Senate group eyes deal ‘this week’ on bill to prevent future coups  —  WASHINGTON — As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 plot prepares to kick off its first public hearing, a bipartisan group of senators huddled Wednesday in the Capitol to negotiate new laws to prevent future candidates from stealing elections.

The Washington Post's Twitter Fragility  —  A recent and bizarrely evolving Twitter scandal has placed D.C.'s leading media institution in the middle of the political, or at least office politics, conversation. … The paper, which Bezos had acquired in 2013, was then at an inflection point.

Vaccine orders for kids under 5 underway as approval process moves forward  —  There were 5 million doses available for initial orders.  —  With the approval process underway for young children's COVID-19 vaccines, the White House is preparing a rollout to doctors' offices, pharmacies and children's hospitals across the country.

More families of trans teens sue to stop Texas child abuse investigations  —  The ACLU and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit on behalf of three families currently under investigation, as well as more than 600 Texas-based members of PFLAG, an advocacy group for LGBTQ+ families.  —  Copy link

The Pa. Senate race recount is complete and the results show how accurate the vote count was  —  Pennsylvania's recount is over, and the results are clear: The vote count was accurate the first time.Mehmet Oz beat David McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes in the Republican Senate primary …

How would GOP Senate candidates fare against Evan McMullin in Utah?  New poll reveals answers  —  A large chunk of undecided voters will have a loud voice in a competitive race come November  —  This month's Republican primary election will determine which of three candidates …

Exclusive: CEOs call on Senate to pass gun legislation  —  CEOs of more than 220 U.S. companies on Thursday will release a letter calling on the Senate to “take immediate action” to reduce gun violence, Axios has learned exclusively. … - The companies employ workers in all 50 states …

Nikki Haley battles Trump in House primary turf war  —  As former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley crisscrosses the country ahead of an anticipated 2024 presidential bid, she is also fixated on defending her home turf — from an incursion led by her onetime boss, former President Donald Trump.

Top general details plan to train Ukrainians on rocket artillery  —  The U.S. military has devised a plan to train a platoon of Ukrainian soldiers at a time on how to use sophisticated multiple-launch rocket artillery, the Pentagon's top general said Wednesday, raising the likelihood that more of the weapons could be sent to Ukraine.

Bernie to Dems: Change course before you nosedive in November  —  Bernie Sanders has something to get off his chest: Without a course correction, he sees the Democratic Party on track to get shellacked this fall.  —  As the progressive Vermonter, not one to mince words, put it in an interview on Tuesday …

Praise for Uvalde shooter and call for copycats is growing online, Homeland Security warns  —  The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security warned on Tuesday that people in online forums known for hosting violent extremist content are lauding the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas—and are pushing others to commit further attacks.

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: Gun Violence in the United States, June 2022  —  More Americans Prioritize Controlling Gun Violence Over Gun Rights... Voters Reach Consensus on Many Gun Reforms... Biden Approval Rating at Lowest Point  —  With nearly four in ten Americans saying …

Gas prices so high it's ‘cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere,’ senator says  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) joked on Tuesday that because of gas prices, it would be cheaper in his state “to buy cocaine and just run everywhere” rather than drive.  —  The Republican senator …