The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo declaring that the Trump administration is "prepared for a shutdown" if Democrats block the funding bill.
A man from Katy, Texas, has been arrested following threats that led to the evacuation of the Texas State Capitol grounds on Saturday. Authorities identified the suspect as 45-year-old Robert Leroy Bowers. According to law enforcement sources, Bowers’ vehicle was flagged through a regional intelligence alert, and he was apprehended during a traffic stop in La Grange.
House Republicans announced that they will develop a panel to investigate the January 6 Committee despite its members being pardoned by former President Joe Biden.
Republican strategist Scott Jennings sparked a heated discussion on a CNN panel Monday after liberal commentators criticized President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon of over 1,500 individuals convicted of crimes related to the January 6 Capitol riot. Jennings pushed back, highlighting what he described as a double standard in how participants in the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots were treated compared to those involved in the Capitol events.
On the morning of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, retired Green Beret Master Sergeant Jeremy Brown issued a hopeful statement, calling it “the 6th most important day” of his life, after his five daughters’ births. Brown compared his anticipation to the uncertainty and suspense he felt returning from his first combat deployment as an Army Ranger. For the first time in 40 months, he said, he felt “hope.”
