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Fate of House Jan. 6 committee records wrapped in mystery

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, who was chairman of the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, won't say what happened to full transcripts and video of the committee's depositions that GOP investigators now seek.

Hunter Biden says right wing trying to ‘kill’ him to destroy dad’s presidency

President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, said Republicans are trying to get to him to destroy his father's presidency.

D.C. Circuit upholds much of federal gag order on Trump

A major appeals court on Friday upheld most of the gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump from making public statements about "foreseeable witnesses" in the federal case that accuses him of conspiring to defraud the U.S. in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.

Tapper mocks Comer for claim about Hunter Biden indictment

CNN anchor Jake Tapper mocked House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) for a claim he made about Hunter Biden’s recent indictment Friday. “[M]y concern is that [Special Counsel David Weiss] may have indicted Hunter Biden to protect from him having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday," Comer said to Tapper. ...

Trump vows to appeal judge’s gag order decision in Jan. 6 case

Former President Trump on Friday vowed to appeal a gag order issued by the judge overseeing his case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “An Appeals Court has just largely upheld the Gag Order against me in the ridiculous J6 Case, where the Unselect January 6th Committee deleted and destroyed almost all Documents...

74 lawmakers demand MIT, Harvard, UPenn boards remove school presidents

A bipartisan group of more than 70 lawmakers is pressing for the removal of the presidents at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as campuses across the U.S. have seen a perceived rise in antisemitism since the onset of the war between Israel and militant group Hamas....

House GOP will introduce a second transgender athlete ban next week

House Republicans are planning to launch a second legislative effort to bar transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams, cementing the issue as a priority for the GOP ahead of 2024. The proposed “Save Women’s Sports Act” would require public K-12 schools and colleges to designate sports teams — including intramural...

Criticism mounts on Israel’s Gaza war

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Israel's fight in southern Gaza sparks major concerns More than 17,000 people have died in Gaza since the war began two months ago, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. © AP The Israel Defense...

Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years

A federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from separating families solely as part of border enforcement policy for the next eight years, stopping any potential return to the short-lived zero tolerance policy of 2018. The decision came as part of a settlement between families who were separated during that period and the Justice...

First-ever gene editing therapies approved

Presented by Express Scripts by Evernorth — Two groundbreaking gene-editing therapies that have the potential to cure sickle cell disease were approved by federal regulators on Friday. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story First-ever gene editing therapies approved Two groundbreaking gene-editing therapies that have the potential to cure sickle cell disease (SCD)...

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