Louisiana state Rep. Francis Thompson switched his registration from Democratic to Republican due to his Christian beliefs on Friday after serving almost 50 years as a Democrat.
The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments between former President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels called off its meeting for Wednesday ahead of a possible indictment of the former president.
House Republicans are divided over whether to throw support behind top contenders former President Donald Trump or Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), with the former president testing party support as a possible indictment looms over him.
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly could offer Republicans and Democrats a rare point of unity as lawmakers trade blame for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow on Wednesday after his multiday visit in which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for continued and growing bilateral relations, but neither made any mention of military assistance.
The U.S. military is not actively trying to recover the Air Force's MQ-9 unmanned aircraft that was downed into the Black Sea after being hit by a Russian aircraft last week.