Claudia Grisales

McCarthy faces a tricky conversation with his conference over what he said, which could come when the House returns from recess next week, but the ultimate judge is likely former President Trump.

In the recorded conversation, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.

The evacuation was prompted after a plane tied to a planned flyover of nearby Nationals Park entered restricted airspace. The Capitol Police had not been given advance notice of the approved flight.

The House voted to hold former Trump White House advisers Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution

The former first daughter and White House adviser spoke remotely to the committee about the Capitol insurrection.

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which was approved unanimously in the Senate after a version was approved in the House late last year, aims to ease shipping backlogs at U.S. ports.

Donald Trump's son-in-law and a former senior White House adviser substantiated information and provided his own take on different reports on the Jan. 6 attack, Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria said.

Calls Trump made to Republican lawmakers during the insurrection have been revealed publicly, underscoring questions about why no activity was recorded during the most crucial hours of that day.

The panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is holding two top Trump aides in contempt, and is seeking cooperation from Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

"It appears that Mrs. Thomas has information relevant to our investigation," the panel said after reports that she had exchanged text messages with Trump's chief of staff ahead of the Capitol attack.

The committee's unanimous vote sets up a vote in the House whether to refer criminal contempt referrals against Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro to the Justice Department.

The text messages Virginia Thomas sent Trump's chief of staff pushing false claims about the 2020 election are the latest in her often public work to support conservative Republicans.

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was in touch with former President Trump's top aide after the 2020 presidential election and pursued efforts to overturn the results.

Navarro was the former trade adviser, while Scavino was former deputy chief of staff. The two had been named in earlier committee subpoenas to testify.

In emotional comments at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the New Jersey Democrat also expressed shock at the questioning she faced from some of his GOP colleagues.

Recent legal moves by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol offer some clues on how it's following the money.

One of the most closely held parts of the Jan. 6 committee's investigation is how much money was funneled to the rally and who got paid along the way. Publicly available information offers some clues.

In a court filing, the select committee says evidence "provides, at minimum, a good-faith basis for concluding" that Trump broke the law with his efforts to obstruct the counting of electoral votes.

The Democratic-led House select committee says it "has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States."

Congressional lawmakers are sounding a new bipartisan tone against a rising threat led by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Still, there is GOP divide on how President Biden should move forward.