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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, speaks during a meeting on Capitol Hill Monday.

Rep. Liz Cheney read text messages she said Mark Meadows got during the Jan. 6 siege

In the messages, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity urge Meadows to get then-President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol.

Mayor Quinton Lucas talks to demonstrators during a rally on the steps of city hall in Kansas City, Mo. on June 5.

Kansas City Mayor Says He Learned On Twitter That Federal Officers Were In His City

Some 200 federal law enforcement officers have been sent to the city as part of a controversial program to fight violent crime. Mayor Quinton Lucas says he did not request the support.

An aerial view taken on July 14, 2021 shows the flooded center of the city of Hagen, western Germany, after heavy rain hit parts of the country, causing widespread flooding.

Torrential Rain And Flooding Are Wreaking Havoc Across Western Germany

More than 30 people have died and dozens remain missing in some of the worst flooding that Germany has seen in recent memory. A state of emergency has been declared and the army has been deployed.

In this Dec. 15, 2020, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

COVID-19 Relief Deal Stalled As Trump Signs 2-Day Stopgap Bill To Avoid Shutdown

As congressional leaders negotiate, other lawmakers are demanding more details. Plus, Democrats are objecting to a push by some Senate Republicans to limit emergency lending rules.

Whistleblower Alleges Coverup, Issa Vs. Hunter, Marines Accussed Of Human Smuggling, SDPD Back Tracks On Rape-Kit Policy And The ABCs Of Bees

Intelligence Chief Joseph Maguire testified before Congress over his handling of the whistleblower complaint at the heart of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. A former federal prosecutor breaks down what it means. Four Republican candidates for the 50th congressional district dropped out today as former Congressman Darrell Issa officially announced his bid for embattled Rep. Ducan Hunter’s seat. Plus, 13 Marines have been charged with human smuggling but that’s not the first time military members have been targeted by smugglers. Also, a day after the D.A. criticized SDPD’s rape-kit policy, Chief David Nisleit pledges full testing of rape-kits. And, a wet rainy season brought a bounty of blooms and a bumper crop of bees.

José Luis Ruiz Arévalos videocalls his family in Los Banos from Hermosillo, Sonora. In May 2019, Ruiz Arévalos traveled to Mexico for what he thought would be the final step to apply for his green card: an interview at the U.S. Consulate. But he was unexpectedly refused a green card when U.S. Consulate officials decided that under Trump administration guidance he was likely to become a “public charge,” dependent on government services. Unable to return to the U.S., he remains in Hermosillo, Sonora, a thousand miles from his family, while he tries to appeal the decision.

'You Always Feel That Someone’s Missing': How a Trump-Era Immigration Policy Has Kept a California Family Apart for Two Years

One man in the Central Valley was hoping he would feel relieved to finally be a legal resident of the U.S. He followed the rules and he went back to Mexico for the final step to apply for his green card, an interview at the U.S. consulate. His wife and kids expected him back in a week or two. But that's not what happened.

Statehood activists took part in a rally in support of D.C. statehood near the US. Capitol in March. One month later, the House passed a bill that would make D.C. the nation's 51st state.

House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State

The effort to make Washington, D.C., the 51st star on the U.S. flag has never had more support. But the measure's fate in the Senate is uncertain.

Election workers check the tapes from the voting machines to verify they contain the correct signatures from polling stations after polls closed in the general election at Ford Field on November 3, 2020 in Detroit.

The 2020 Election Was Attacked, But Not Severely Disrupted. Here's How

Federal officials credit years of preparation and tough lessons from the Russian attack on the 2016 election for what they called a much better showing by government agencies at every level.

Patients at a community health center in Nashville wait for their vaccine appointment. The Biden administration has announced that federally-funded community health centers around the country will start getting direct shipments of the vaccine.

Biden Administration Recruits Community Clinics To Help Solve Vaccine Inequities

Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than whites. A new push to send vaccines to community health centers is intended to help quickly bridge that gap.

"When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total," President Trump said on Monday.

FACT CHECK: Trump Doesn't Have The Authority To Order States To 'Reopen'

The president claimed "total" authority, per unnamed constitutional provisions. Experts remind him he is not a king, and cite Articles I, II, III; the 10th Amendment; and the Founding Fathers.

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