Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon" and warns about “conspiracy theories and “dangerous falsehoods” targeting federal law enforcement, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says Louisiana will 'get the money that we deserve from the federal government' to recover from Hurricane Francine, Senate Health Committee plans to hold CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt of Congress for defying subpoena to testify about the company's bankruptcy, House passes a bill to prohibit the electric vehicle tax credit from being claimed if the EV has batteries manufactured by Chinese entities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on questions about allowing Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, former Sen. James Sasser (D-TN) dies.

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