John Wagner, The Washington Post

A letter from three dozen lawmakers to the Judicial Conference argued that the move would bolster public acceptance of the outcome.

House Republicans and Democrats offered dueling takes on the significance of Devon Archer’s testimony.

The actions come as about 150 million Americans are now under heat alerts and temperatures are expected to approach 100 degrees in the nation’s capital.

Republicans are eager to elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he announced in April he was mounting a long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden.

The action came after Greene used a pejorative term on the House floor to describe another member of the hard-right group.

Analysis: While the case against the former president was assembled by special counsel Jack Smith, Garland, who was appointed by President Biden, retained the ultimate authority on what to do with the evidence.

A handful of senators are angling to add amendments to the legislation that could slow the process.

A friend said Thomas was not required to disclose the arrangement because his grandnephew is not considered a “dependent” under federal ethics law.

In a statement opposing the debt ceiling bill, the White House said House Republicans are pursuing “a reckless attempt to extract extreme concessions.”

President Biden downplayed the fallout from secrets that have exposed U.S. spying on allies and revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine’s war with Russia, among other things.

A Trump lawyer asked for a four-week postponement in a trial involving E. Jean Carroll because of publicity surrounding the former president’s arraignment in a separate criminal case.

Biden administration officials had launched an extraordinary effort to press Saudi Arabia to produce more oil to compensate for the global shortage caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers accuse Amazon of engaging in a “pattern and practice” of misleading conduct that appeared designed to “influence, obstruct, or impede” the committee.

The call came amid renewed questions about whether the coronavirus jumped from an animal host into humans in a naturally occurring event or escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.

The articles focus on abuse of power and obstructing Congress and would be voted on by the House later this month.