U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy …

GOP's defense divide  —  The threat of cuts to U.S. defense spending has emerged as a flashpoint in House Republicans' first week in the majority, widening the GOP's isolationist fault line and exposing the fragility of Kevin McCarthy's young speakership.

Brazil's riot puts spotlight on close ties between Bolsonaro and Trump  —  In August 2021, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son traveled to Sioux Falls, S.D., to meet with some of the most prominent purveyors of former president Donald Trump's false claims of mass election fraud.

Mutually assured obstruction: House GOP aims ‘weaponization’ panel at DOJ  —  House Republicans are declaring what amounts to an investigative war on the Biden administration, pledging to probe “ongoing criminal investigations” at the Justice Department.  —  Veterans of some of Congress …

Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump's fundraising  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team has subpoenaed Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president's …

Statement of Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University  —  It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad.

House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was ‘fantastic’  — House Republicans voted on Monday to hobble the Office of Congressional Ethics.  — The body will now likely be limited in its ability to carry out investigations due to staffing shortages.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz resigns  —  Chair Manny Diaz and Florida Democrats held trainings, caucus meetings, and organizing sessions in a rally-like atmosphere on the second day of Leadership Blue Weekend in July 2022.  Credit: Photos provided by Florida Democratic Party.

Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84  —  A Serbian-born American, he left the impression in his verse that he had “poked a hole into everyday life to reveal a glimpse of something endless.”  —  Charles Simic, the renowned Serbian-American poet whose work combined …

1/10/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  WITH PASSAGE OF THE HOUSE RULES PACKAGE ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT BIG FIGHT FOR THE CHAMBER WILL BE “POPULATING” ITS COMMITTEES.  AND THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A BIG PARTISAN BRAWL ON THE FLOOR.  —  HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTED TO NAME SCHIFF …

Can Ron DeSantis Avoid Meeting the Press?  —  The Florida governor easily won re-election despite little engagement with mainstream news outlets, another sign of partisan division ahead of the 2024 presidential race.  —  Assigned to cover the re-election campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …

APD: Suspect in custody, tied to shooting at lawmaker's home  —  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The homes or offices of six local elected leaders were shot at over the last few weeks, according to Albuquerque police.  —  Mayor Keller and Chief Medina held a news conference Monday to announce …

Florida man: Madison Cawthorn, denied NC reelection, confirms move to Sunshine State  —  Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn confirmed Friday he has moved to Florida.  —  Rumblings of a potential move away from North Carolina, the state he represented in Congress, began to emerge as early as September …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Locked Out of Twitter for Using Dr. Dre's Music  —  12:28 PM PT — Turns out, Dr. Dre's team took action — reaching out to Twitter to get the video taken down.  As a result, Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us she's been locked out of her Twitter account for using Dre's copyrighted work without permission.

Moms Demand's Shannon Watts, who took on the NRA, to retire from group she founded  —  Watts, who launched grass-roots advocacy group a decade ago after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, ignored death threats as she built the organization into a political juggernaut

Ross Douthat and the Match Throwing Club  —  Fire is good; firefighters can be dangerous; and the club is back to normal now.  —  1. The Match Throwing Club  —  Once upon a time there was a club of people who enjoyed throwing matches.  They were reasonably careful about it …

Biden Administration Plans to Ease Rules for Income-Based Student-Loan Forgiveness  —  Proposed plan would allow low earners to pay less and wipe out college debt more quickly  —  The Biden administration on Tuesday released a detailed plan that will make it easier for student-loan holders …

Harmeet Dhillon lands endorsements from major GOP donors in bid to unseat McDaniel as RNC chair  —  The donors said the party could not continue on its current trajectory  —  Inside Harmeet Dhillons plan to shake up the RNC  —  A group of Republican mega-donors say the party is …

‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ Dies  —  Former President Donald Trump broke the news, describing her as “our Magnificent Diamond.”  —  One-half of the ardently pro-Trump commentary duo “Diamond and Silk” died on Monday.  —  Former president Donald Trump broke …

From the Twitter Files: Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb secretly pressed Twitter to hide posts challenging his company's massively profitable Covid jabs  —  To funnel his demands, Gottlieb used the same Twitter lobbyist the White House did - fresh evidence of overlap between …

Sam Bankman-Fried Associate Nishad Singh Is Third to Meet With Prosecutors  —  Former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh met with federal prosecutors in a bid to become the third member of Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle to seek a cooperation deal in the fraud case over the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse.

Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act  —  As Posted on the Website of the Clerk of the House of Representatives on January 9, 2023, as an Item That May Be Considered Pursuant to a Rule  —  The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act …