What the Jan. 6 committee's star witness knows  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HEARING NUMBER SIX — On Monday afternoon, the House Jan. 6 committee, which was supposed to be on a hiatus for the next two weeks, abruptly announced it would be holding …

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger - who was in charge of Capitol security on January 6 and who blamed ‘professional agitators’ - dies suddenly, hours before TODAY's surprise hearing moved up because of ‘safety concerns’ for Mark Meadows' top aide  — Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger, 71, died suddenly on Monday

Ron Johnson lied  —  Text messages released by the January 6 Committee last week revealed that Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) tried to deliver a list of fake electors directly to former Vice President Mike Pence.  This was part of a broader scheme to use Pence's ceremonial role overseeing …

Surprise Jan. 6 hearing featuring White House adviser signals urgency by the committee  —  Public hearings had been previously postponed until July.  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will convene Tuesday afternoon for a surprise public hearing …

What We Know So Far About the Sweltering Trailer That Killed 50 Migrants  —  The truck—found in San Antonio, Texas late Monday afternoon—contained dozens of bodies of people who had likely been smuggled across the U.S-Mexico border.  The truck was abandoned and they suffocated in the heat.  —  EG

Texas-Mexico border chaos: 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio inside 18-wheeler, reports say  —  Arrests and deportations of migrants have plummeted under the Biden administration as it faces pressure from states like Texas over immigration policy  —  Aerial footage of Texas crash with 46 dead migrants found inside an 18 wheeler