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.