House votes to hold ex-Trump aides in contempt.
WHAT'S A WOMAN? GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee don't agree how to define a woman, and some wouldn't even try when HuffPost asked them. The same senators had grilled President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for not answering a question on defining the word during her Senate confirmation hearing. "I have more of a traditional view of what a woman is," said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). What is that? "My wife." [HuffPost] TRUMP AIDES REFERRED FOR CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS The House of Representatives voted in favor of referring former trade adviser Peter Navarro and social media chief Dan Scavino for Justice Department prosecution after they defied subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol riot. The two former Trump aides could face as much as a year behind bars if the DOJ convicts them. [HuffPost] MARIUPOL CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL TOPS 5,000 Ukrainian authorities have urged people living in the Donbas to evacuate immediately as the country braces for a renewed Russian offensive in the east. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they would not give up. "We will seek all possible options to defend ourselves until Russia begins to seriously seek peace. This is our land. This is our future," he said. [AP] SACRAMENTO MASS SHOOTING WAS GANG-RELATED Sacramento police said a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs killed six people and wounded 12 over the weekend. Two brothers have been arrested on firearms charges, at least for now. [AP] |
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D.C. SUPERSPREADER EVENT? Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo both revealed they tested positive for COVID following their attendance at the politician-packed Gridiron Dinner in Washington. Other attendees testing positive include Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), about a half-dozen journalists, and White House and National Security Council staffers. [HuffPost] 4 BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS REFLECT ON COVERING JACKSON HEARING Photographers Cheriss May, Sarahbeth Maney, Michael McCoy and Jarrad Henderson said they are used to being the only Black photographer in the room. This time was different, as all four covered the confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson, who could make history as the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. [HuffPost] OBAMA MISJUDGED DISINFORMATION THREAT Former President Barack Obama discussed widespread disinformation around the 2020 election and COVID vaccines, saying the threat of falsehoods unfolded while he was in office. "I think I underestimated the degree to which democracies were as vulnerable to it as they were, including ours," he said. Obama also called on social media companies to be more transparent about their practices rather than profiting from conflict. [HuffPost] KHASHOGGI TRIAL MOVED TO SAUDI ARABIA A Turkish court suspended the trial involving the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and ordered it moved to Saudi Arabia in the absense of 26 Saudis accused of the murder. Human rights groups say they fear the kingdom could throw the case out. [AP] TEXAS GOV SAYS HE WILL BUS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TO D.C. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said the state will bus undocumented immigrants to Washington following President Joe Biden's lifting of a policy that turned away migrants because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Texans cannot continue to shoulder the burdens imposed by open-border advocates in other parts of the country," Abbott said. [HuffPost] |
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