BY EMILY BROOKS/MIKE LILLIS |
© Illustration / Alexandra Graff; and Greg Nash |
House Republicans are bringing fresh attention to the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob in ways that are earning praise from former President Trump and the party base. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this month announced he was posting online video clips from around the Capitol complex on Jan. 6, 2021, gathered from a tranche of tens of thousands of hours of security footage — making good on a pledge during the Speaker's race to release the tapes to the public and building on previous GOP efforts. |
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Since the pandemic, Americans are paying closer attention to school boards and their meetings than ever before, but the rubber-meets-the-road government bodies — an original colonial creation — are no strangers to controversy. Nick Melvoin got elected to Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in 2017 and has not seen a break in the chaos since. He has dealt with every school board controversy in the book: natural disasters, teacher strikes, Russian cyberattacks and, of course, COVID-19. |
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Former President Trump's four criminal cases have dominated headlines since April, when he became the first president — current or former — to be indicted. But behind the scenes, a handful of state attorneys general are still investigating whether additional charges over efforts to keep him in power after losing the 2020 election could be brought. At least four 2020 swing states' prosecutorial arms are still probing the slates of so-called "fake electors" who attempted to falsely certify that Trump had won the presidential election that year. |
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled that nearly any candidate in the 2024 field, of either party, would be an "upgrade" over another term for former President Trump. "I'd be happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans — maybe not Vivek [Ramaswamy] — but the others that are running would be acceptable to me, and I'd be happy to vote for them," the retiring senator said Friday in an interview with CBS's Norah O'Donnell. |
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Former President Trump branded Saturday as a "dark day" as Hamas moves to release a second wave of hostages amid a temporary truce in its war with Israel. Trump in a social media post criticized the deal, pointing to the lack of Americans being released. "Has anybody noticed that Hamas has returned people from other Countries but, so far, has not returned one American Hostage?" he wrote on Truth Social, making a subtle dig at President Biden. "There is only one reason for that, NO RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY OR OUR LEADERSHIP." |
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A 9-year-old Israeli-Irish girl believed to be dead was unexpectedly freed Saturday as part of the hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. Emily Hand was among the 17 hostages released Saturday, the second wave of 50 hostages planned to be released by Hamas by Monday after Israel and Hamas reached a short-term cease-fire deal this week. The girl's father, Thomas Hand, told CBS News that his daughter was at a sleepover at Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants unexpectedly attacked Israeli border settlements, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping about 240 more. |
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An Israeli military spokesperson denounced a delay in the release of the second wave of Israeli hostages by Hamas on Saturday, saying the tactic is part of a "strategy" of "psychological warfare." Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Doron Spielman said the long-negotiated truce deal that promised the release of 50 Israeli hostages was "on the rocks for a while" on Saturday after Hamas said it would back out, claiming that Israel was not supplying humanitarian aid to Gaza as promised. |
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Veteran Univision anchor Jorge Ramos ripped his network over an interview with former President Trump this month he dubbed too "friendly." Ramos wrote in a column that the interview "put in doubt the independence of our news department," and remarked that journalists have an obligation to ask hard questions to powerful figures when given the opportunity. |
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Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd, is expected to survive a prison stabbing, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office said Saturday. Chauvin was stabbed Friday at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., The Associated Press first reported. He was seriously injured in the knife attack, the AP said. |
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BY SETH CROPSEY AND SHAY KHATIRI |
OPINION | On Nov. 21, the Department of Defense confirmed a fourth round of retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed proxy militias, which had attacked the U.S. 66 times during the preceding month, injuring 62 U.S military personnel. Considering the pattern of the conflict and the previous three attacks, this will not deter Tehran. |
OPINION | In what looks like a bit of good news for Joe Biden, the latest economic data released by the government suggests the economy just might be about to turn the corner. The inflationary price spike has peaked, at least for the moment; commercial interest rates appeared to have dipped slightly, and unemployment remains low. All this has some economists at least thinking a soft landing without a recession may still be possible. |
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The New York Times: Here's what we know about the Israeli hostages released on Saturday |
BY ISABEL KERSHNER, GAYA GUPTA AND NADAV GAVRIELOV |
Hamas released a second group of 13 Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of a cease-fire deal, a day after it released another 13. |
The Wall Street Journal: Investors Are Hungry for Risk—And Holding Record Cash Sums |
Some analysts see the investor balances in money-market funds as a bullish sign for stocks and bonds. |
Associated Press: Derek Chauvin's family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says |
BY TRISHA AHMED AND MICHAEL R. SISAK |
An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, said Saturday that Chauvin's family has been kept in the dark by federal prison officials after he was stabbed in prison. |
The Washington Post: Russia held these Ukrainian teens captive. Their testimonies could be used against Putin |
BY SIOBHÁN O'GRADY AND ANASTACIA GALOUCHKA |
Ukraine intends to use the teens' testimony as evidence that Russia is systematically removing Ukrainian children from their homes and culture. |
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The Hill's Evening Report |
Introducing Evening Report, the perfect complement to Morning Report and 12:30 Report to catch you up on news throughout the week. Click here to sign up. |
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