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.