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One of the key targets of the Republican Congress is in going after President Joe Biden's Department of Justice and FBI for conspiracy theories spread on conservative outlets.

According to the recent Washington Post-ABC News survey, however, most Americans understand that the efforts by the GOP are absurd.

"I earned capital — political capital — in the campaign. And I intend to use it," former President George W. Bush told the public after his State of the Union address following the 2004 election.

What he tried to do was reshape Social Security.

Former special counsel John Durham and Attorney General Bill Barr never revealed to the public what came of the revelations that the Italian government had suspicions about financial crimes allegedly committed by former President Donald Trump. Barr also asked Italy to discredit the Russia investigation.

Speaking to MSNBC about the information, former FBI agent Peter Strzok demanded to know what happened to the investigation, what was found and whether there were charges that would surface from the revelations.

Former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz has a tell-all book set to be released at midnight about the case the Manhattan District Attorney's office had on former President Donald Trump and their resistance to move forward with charges.

While former attorney Michael Cohen had sounded the alarm about the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, New York Times reporter Suzanne Craig told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that it seems DA Alvin Bragg also hasn't moved on the false appraisals issue, which Pomerantz highlighted on "60 Minutes" Sunday. Craig seemed confused why that wouldn't be a greater consideration.

The Queen Bey, Beyoncé, took the all-time record by winning her 32nd Grammy Award during the Sunday ceremony.

Her 31st career Grammys came in the best R&B song category for her song “Cuff It.”

The Trump Organization's bookkeeper, Allen Weisselberg, is currently in New York City's Rikers Island jail for five months after sharing responsibility for the company's 17 guilty convictions involving tax fraud.

According to former prosecutor Harry Litman, however, that might not be the end of the charges he's facing.

Among the demands from the Republicans in their agreement to raise the debt ceiling are ideas that have already been struck down as illegal by the Supreme Court and measures that would ultimately increase the deficit.

White House economics reporter Jeff Stein listed seven GOP demands for the Washington Post Sunday, but it was columnist Catherine Rampell that went line-by-line through the list explaining why they're all useless.

Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz spoke to "60 Minutes" on Sunday about his upcoming tell-all book People vs. Donald Trump. According to Pomerantz, former President Donald Trump could easily be prosecuted for many crimes that have been part of the discussion in the District Attorney's office.

DA Alvin Bragg previously said that he didn't see a pathway to charge Trump for anything involving the Trump Organization companies that skirted taxes by giving gifts to employees like cars, apartments in Trump Tower and even tuition funds for bookkeeper Allen Weisselberg's grandchildren.

The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper revealed another of his videos on the show this week, but in a CNN interview with Jim Acosta, he exposed MAGA fans who were very confused at the latest event.

While there was the typical denialism around former President Donald Trump being out of office, the dramatic difference at this recent event was that the attendees couldn't understand why it wasn't as significant a rally as previous Trump rallies had been.

For days, former President Donald Trump and his allied Republicans have railed against President Joe Biden for not shooting down a Chinese spy balloon as it made its way across the United States.

According to the Pentagon, the balloon first came into the U.S. space in Alaska at the end of January, but Biden wasn't told about it until several days later. At that point, it was nearing Montana when Biden told the military to shoot it down when safe to do so.

Former Manhattan DA lawyer Mark Pomerantz will appear on two major outlets ahead of the publication of his tell-all book next week. Excerpts of the book have been reported over the past several days, attacking District Attorney Alvin Bragg for refusing to go after Donald Trump over a slate of crimes.

Pomerantz walks through the information he was able to gather from the investigations into Trump and dishes about the debates he had with former DA Cy Vance and new DA Bragg about Trump charges. After a successful case convicting Trump's companies of 17 charges, Bragg announced he would go after Trump personally, which he said he wouldn't do after taking over the office.

Some Texans have been without power for five days, surpassing the record set by the 2021 storm that left millions without power. Despite public outcry and legislative hearings, it happened again. This time, however, it's not the weakness of the power grid but the infrastructure itself.

Temperatures are finally starting to warm, KUT reported, and that has helped repairs go faster. The ice storm froze trees that fall on power lines across the state.