The White House on Tuesday largely declined to answer questions on the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, instead emphasizing President Joe Biden's belief in the independence of the Justice Department.
Top Republicans who have spent months trying to dissuade Donald Trump from announcing another presidential campaign before the midterms are coming around to the idea, after an unprecedented search of the former President's Mar-a-Lago property by federal investigators on Monday lit up the GOP base.
"Lock and load," was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI.
The FBI has never before searched the home of a former US President, much less one gearing up to run for office again. Here's what we know so far about what the FBI was looking for and what Donald Trump could be facing legally.
The search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida came after authorities believed that the former President or his team had not returned all the documents and other materials that were property of the government, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump's chosen candidate for governor in Wisconsin will win the GOP nomination, CNN projects, underscoring the former President's clout among Republican primary voters in the latest contest in which he and former Vice President Mike Pence were on opposite sides -- and the first since the FBI search of Trump's Florida resort.
Trump ally Doug Mastriano's virtual appearance Tuesday before the House January 6 committee only lasted about 15 minutes and "he didn't answer a single question," according to a source familiar with the matter.
"(E)very President takes office knowing that he will be subject to the same laws as all other citizens upon leaving office. This is a feature of our democratic republic, not a bug," the opinion said.
Americans' level of partisan hostility is rising, according to a Pew Research survey released Tuesday that highlights Americans' complicated relationship with the political parties.
The FBI search of former President Donald Trump's residence in Florida on Monday signaled an extraordinary escalation of an investigation into the handling of certain documents from his presidency and raises questions about whether his legal exposure extends beyond whether he improperly took government records when he left the White House.
Top congressional Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump's defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material.
Vermont's designation as the only state to never send a woman to Congress is poised to be dashed in November, with state Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint and Lt. Gov. Molly Gray leading the Democratic primary for the state's at-large House seat.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill aimed at boosting American chip manufacturing as he kicked off a victory lap to celebrate a string of wins in Washington.
Primaries in the Upper Midwest on Tuesday will set the stage for two major governor's races, as Republicans in Wisconsin and Minnesota select their nominees to take on those states' Democratic incumbents in November.
Congress has passed a bill that will invest more than $200 billion over the next five years to help the US regain a leading position in semiconductor chip manufacturing. Here's what is in the spending package, according to summaries by Democratic leadership.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday, according to panel member Rep. Zoe Lofgren. The California Democrat confirmed CNN's earlier reporting that Pompeo would be deposed by the committee, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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