Paul Ingrassia, President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, withdrew his nomination late Tuesday after reports that he sent racist texts demeaning the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and declaring he had "a Nazi streak."

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes followed through Tuesday on her threat to sue House Speaker Mike Johnson for not swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

Venezuelans who were forcibly deported to a terrorist prison in El Salvador earlier this year have now formally accused ICE officers of beating them to make them get off the airplane.

President Trump on Tuesday rejected Democratic leaders' request to meet with him to negotiate on health care, saying their party must first reopen the government.