House Republicans on Feb. 2 voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) over past comments that critics have called antisemitic.

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) wrote a letter to the heads of Apple and Google urging them to remove TikTok from their stores. In addition to national security concerns, he drew attention to the impact the platform has on children.

Former President Donald Trump is promising swift changes to gender transition laws if he makes it back into the Oval Office come 2024. In a video posted to Truth Social this week, he vowed to stop the “chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation” of the youth.

The College Board on Feb. 1 released an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. After strong criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month, there appear to be some downgrades in the curriculum.

At least six people are dead and over a quarter million are without power as an icy winter storm moves across several Southern states.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sounded hopeful after his first meeting with President Joe Biden about the debt limit, saying “at the end of the day, we can find common ground.” Meanwhile, Biden’s lawyers said no classified documents were found at his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware, after the Justice Department conducted a search.

House Republicans on Jan. 31 moved forward with a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency immediately after President Joe Biden told Congress Monday that he will end emergency measures on May 11.

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin has formally been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021.

The Arizona secretary of state has asked the state’s attorney general to investigate Republican Kari Lake potentially violating state law by publishing voter signatures on her Twitter account.

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.