Former President Donald Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020.

A sixth Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend of protests across the nation and calls for more police reform.

A recent NBC News poll showed that 71 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Over the weekend, Ukraine ramped up talks with its allies over Kyiv’s request for more long-range missiles and fighter jets. But Germany has rejected the requests. Meanwhile, NATO and the United States are trying to convince new NATO members and some other allies to send arms.

Authorities on Jan. 27 released police body camera footage showing Paul Pelosi being attacked in his home last October. The clip shows Pelosi and alleged assailant David DePape holding onto a hammer.

An EU official said Russia has shifted the war to focus on NATO and the West, and now tanks must be sent to Ukraine to possibly save lives. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization seems to be preparing for nuclear war.

Ronna McDaniel has been reelected to chair the Republican National Committee for another term, but not all members of the RNC are happy with the outcome.

A federal judge in California paused the state’s so-called COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation law that has been challenged by doctors in two lawsuits, claiming it violates their constitutional rights. NTD’s Stefania Cox speaks with an attorney representing the doctors.

Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop, the Shelby County District Attorney announced on Jan. 26.

The National Archives sent out a letter requesting that former presidents and vice presidents conduct a search for classified documents and presidential records.

The urgent need to raise the $31 trillion debt limit has led to a sharp partisan battle over how to handle the budget moving forward. Senate Republicans on Jan. 25 proposed cuts across the board. But Democrats have repeatedly said that Republicans have not laid out a specific plan and are trying to cut programs like Social Security.

The United States will send M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine as Kyiv’s conflict with Russia nears its one-year anniversary, President Joe Biden confirmed on Jan. 25.

Meta says it will restore former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after a two-year suspension.

No comments have come from the White House on the recent discovery of classified documents at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence. Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) gave their takes on social media.

Documents with classification markings were found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyers for the former vice president said. A “small number of documents” marked classified were found on Jan. 16 at Pence’s home in Indiana, Greg Jacob, one of the lawyers, informed the National Archives and Records Administration in a Jan. 18 letter obtained by The Epoch Times.

The Emerson College released a poll on Jan. 24 showing that former President Donald Trump has a lead over President Joe Biden in a possible 2024 presidential run.

Police have arrested 67-year-old Chunli Zhao in connection with two related shootings that killed seven people in Half Moon Bay, California. Meanwhile, Democratic senators reintroduced a federal ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity magazines.” They also proposed legislation that would raise the minimum age for purchasing certain semiautomatic firearms to 21.

Democratic leadership has nominated high-profile Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff to serve again on the House Intel Committee, pressing Speaker Kevin McCarthy to follow through on his vow to reject them. McCarthy meanwhile defended seating certain Republican members like Reps. George Santos, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Paul Gosar on other committees.

A fourth batch of classified documents were found at President Joe Biden’s home this weekend in Wilmington, Delaware, after a 13-hour search by the FBI that the Justice Department said was “consensual.”

A makeshift memorial was erected on Jan. 23 outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, where 72-year-old Huu Can Tran opened fire and killed 10 people before taking his own life hours later.

Marking the second anniversary of his inauguration on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden touted achievements to nearly 200 mayors invited to the White House. The president also told reporters that he does not regret the handling of classified documents found at his home and the Penn Biden Center.

Defense leaders meeting at a U.S. air base in Germany failed to resolve divisions over providing advanced battle tanks to Ukraine. There were more than five hours of discussions about sending more military aid to the embattled country in its war with Russia.

In a new video, former President Donald Trump urged Republicans in Congress not to cut Social Security or Medicare. Some GOP lawmakers have signaled they would use the looming debt ceiling battle as leverage to push for more spending cuts.

charged before the end of the month for fatally shooting a cinematographer on set in 2021. The incident happened in New Mexico during a rehearsal of the upcoming film “Rust.”

Amid the fallout of the documents debacle, a new poll finds President Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped to 40 percent, close to the lowest point of his presidency, which was 36 percent in May and June. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump is gearing up for a big political speech in Miami.

America has reached its $31.4 trillion debt limit. The U.S. Treasury is taking what it calls “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its debt for the first time in history.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the end of proxy voting, saying lawmakers “have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.”

The Supreme Court said in a new report that it still doesn’t know who leaked the draft opinion on the abortion ruling last year. Meanwhile, the FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information related to a series of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers.