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Brooks and Capehart on Biden's impeachment inquiry and tensions among House Republicans

By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including rising tensions in the House as lawmakers launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

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Biden aims to amp up safeguards for government workers as GOP hopefuls vow to slash workforce

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government employees as leading Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce.

U.S. ambassador visits jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia

By Associated Press

The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy visited imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said in an online statement.

Kansas to no longer change transgender people's birth certificates to reflect gender identities

By John Hanna, Associated Press

The state health department's announcement Friday cited a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities.

Trump targeted prosecutors in D.C. election case with threats, harassment, according to district judge

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are alleging that the former president has targeted individuals with threats, harassment and inflammatory statements, a judge says.

Pentagon orders new interviews with service members present at Kabul airport attack amid continued criticism

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.

Delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation.

Texas Senate begins deliberations at Republican Attorney General Paxton's impeachment trial

By Paul J. Weber, Jim Vertuno, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press

Paxton faces 16 articles of impeachment over allegations that he abused his power as Texas' top lawyer to protect a donor who was under FBI investigation.

Americans aren't giving Biden much credit for his popular Medicare drug price negotiations, AP-NORC poll says

By Seung Min Kim, Linley Sanders, Associated Press

Even among the Americans who support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, approval of the Democratic president's handling of the issue remains relatively tepid.