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Nikki Haley hopes for strong second-place finish in Iowa, Vice President Kamala Harris warns South Carolina voters their freedoms are under attack and states move to limit the use of philanthropic funds to run elections.

Republican Presidential candidates prepare for the Iowa caucuses, Senate Democrats remain leery of the former president's immunity claims, and misinformation surrounds January 6th.

The far-right says release of January 6th video is being "slow-rolled," some Republicans reject former President Trump's calling insurrectionists "hostages," and a Pentagon watchdog says more than $1 billion in Ukraine weapons have gone missing.

Trump critic Christie drops out. Thirteen conservatives block a procedural vote on Speaker Johnson's spending deal with Democrats and the New York legislature could boost voting access and deal with a rise in hate crimes.

Top U.S. diplomat urges Israel to avoid harming Palestinian civilians. Judges are skeptical of Trump's argument for immunity on charges related to the 2020 presidential election. Iowa student protestors demand stricter gun laws following last week's school shooting.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are arrested in New York, New Hampshire lawmakers discuss seceding from the U.S. and some state lawmakers say National Guard troops should stay home without a declaration of war.

Congressional leaders reach a tentative agreement to fund the government, the Supreme Court decides to hear Trump's appeal and American Democracy remains under a cloud three years after the January 6th attacks.

Three years after January 6th, democracy remains under a cloud. A court finding of gerrymandering sends Michigan districts to a now reconstituted commission and a transgender woman is disqualified from running for the Ohio House.

House Republicans threaten a shutdown over the border, bomb threats force evacuations at multiple state capitols and a federal judge rules 2021 Georgia voter registration challenges did not violate the law.

Harvard University's president resigns, election officials leave their jobs and Nikki Haley talks about pardoning former president Donald Trump.