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The Biden administration is threatening to sue the state of Texas for placing floating border barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande, the latest sign of escalating tensions with federal officials over Gov. Greg Abbotts crackdown on migrants.

Sense to move up this proceeding a little bit, even especially in that first year of the investigation. when the january six committee was working, but before there was a lot of evidence of really the justice department investigation moving forward. it was sort of at a standstill in large part for that first year or so. >> yeah, a lot of moving parts going forward. ryan riley, thank you for that report. and new today, the washington post reports on text messages from mark meadows that show him m...

Thats for later than the december, that is more later than the december date the government requested, but also not far off for what trump wanted, to. >> and i want to ask you about this. a new report in the new york times argues that judge cannon may prove critics wrong. they cited her approach to setting a trial date, saying she appeared sympathetic to the trump team, but also nodded when prosecutors said trump should not be treated differently from any other citizen. then, she warned the defe...

It was always an assumption that he, thats ban, and that others were sort of the connection between the white house and those extremist groups. we didnt get that kind of cooperation and could not establish that length, but that is precisely why, the special counsel, i think, is interested in the activity at the war room. special counsel has totals we didnt have, that getting additional information about what occurred there. looking for that connection between but sort of head of this conspiracy ...

And more on Ron DeSantis' much-hyped CNN interview.

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. RUSSIA-UKRAINE DEVELOPMENTS A group of former U.S. national security officials held secret talks with Russians close to the Kremlin, including Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, intending

And more on our Deep Dive interview with British Ambassador Karen Pierce.

Lawyers representing Internal Revenue Service whistleblower Gary Shapley sent a letter demanding The Washington Post set the record straight on allegedly "false and defamatory" statements made by Hunter Biden's legal team. Shapley's legal team sent a letter Monday to Post reporters Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein, asking them to clear Shapley's "good name" and confirm

 

An IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley heartily rebuked Hunter Biden's legal team, accusing them of peddling "false and defamatory statements" about him.