The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 13 launched an investigation into President Joe Biden’s classified documents. Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, vowing to look into the White House and Justice Department’s handling of the scandal.
Former President Donald Trump’s real estate company was ordered to pay a $1.6 million fine after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax authorities. Trump has called the investigations into his business dealings part of an ongoing witch hunt by those who do not want him to run for president again.
A federal court judge in Oregon dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of LGBT former students. The ruling means that an exemption to Title IX will stay in place and religious schools will continue to receive federal funding.