A Diminished Trump Meets a Damning Narrative  —  Former President Donald Trump's current woes extend beyond the report by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the case the panel laid out against him further complicates his future.  —  As the summer and the House Jan. 6 committee's hearings began …

George Santos Dodges Questions as Democrats Label Him ‘Unfit to Serve’  —  Democratic House leaders stopped short of calling for the resignation of Mr. Santos, a Republican, who may have misrepresented himself in his résumé.  —  Representative-elect George Santos on Monday faced …

What Kevin McCarthy Will Do to Gain Power  —  The Republican leader's ambition has always been his defining characteristic.  Attempting to placate both Trumpists and moderates may lead to his downfall. … On the afternoon of November 15th, a congressional intern in a suit and tie sprinted …

Chief justice temporarily keeps pandemic-era Title 42 border policy in place  —  GOP governors have asked Supreme Court to stop Biden administration from allowing all border crossers to seek asylum  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday temporarily left in place a pandemic-era policy …

Cannabis Reform Dead In Congress After Objections From Republicans  —  Lawmakers couldn't even agree to approve a modest bill allowing cannabis businesses access to banking.  —  Congress won't include any cannabis provisions in its year-end spending package, dooming the chances of an overhaul …

Justice Is Coming for Donald Trump  —  Every effort to hold Donald Trump accountable has been thwarted by those who made it someone else's job.  Not any more.  —  “Many secrets, no mysteries”: That is the basic rule of all Donald Trump scandals.  —  There has never been any mystery about what happened on January 6, 2021.

Alex Jones seeks $1.3 million salary in Infowars bankruptcy  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Monday asked a judge to allow him to take a $1.3 million annual salary from the bankrupt parent company of his Infowars' website.  —  Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems LLC …

Arctic blast this week brings the coldest Christmas in nearly 40 years for millions  —  Editor's Note: A version of this article originally appeared in the weekly weather newsletter, the CNN Weather Brief, which is released every Monday.  You can sign up here to receive them every week and during significant storms.

DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show  —  In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence …

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial  —  Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.  After deliberating for nine days spanning more than two weeks …

Omnibus text delayed over FBI headquarters issue  —  Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected, with text still being finalized Monday evening.  —  The chief holdup appeared to be language Democrats …

40% of students at liberal arts colleges now identify as LGBTQ, study finds  —  According to a recently released report by the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, a center-right think tank that researches partisanship in academic and scientific fields, almost 40 percent of students …

Electoral Count Act, crafted as response to Jan. 6, will be in omnibus bill  —  A bipartisan bill that would make changes to how members of Congress could object to electoral will be included in the omnibus spending bill lawmakers need to approve in the coming days, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Monday night.