The House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, voted Monday to recommend the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Donald Trump. Also in the news: What to know about the "big mess" of winter weather on the way and what Olympic organizers are doing to ensure transgender athletes can compete. |
Now, here we go with Tuesday's news. |
Decision to charge Trump is up to the Justice Department |
Congress' 18-month probe into Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack has led the investigating panel to recommend the Department of Justice prosecute the former president over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including his role regarding the assault on the Capitol. |
One thing to know: The recommendation is nonbinding, but if the department agrees, it would be the first time a former president faces federal charges. | A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.
Jim Lo Scalzo, AP |
'Big mess' of winter weather is days away |
The U.S. may experience "the coldest air of the season" as a strong arctic front marches across the eastern two-thirds of the country days before Christmas, according to the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center. The bitterly cold temperatures and a significant winter snowstorm could threaten aa "big mess" for travelers flying or driving home for the holidays, experts say. The storm is expected to result in mostly rain and wind across the Ohio Valley and along the East Coast in cities such as Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia and Boston on Thursday and Friday. Here's what else to know about the frigid week ahead. | Buffalo Bills fans sit in snow-covered seats during warmups before an NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins in Orchard Park, New York, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.
Adrian Kraus, AP |
Chief Justice Roberts pauses lifting of Title 42 |
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending the pandemic-era Title 42 immigration policy by Wednesday. The decision came after 19 conservative states filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court Monday asking the justices to block a lower court ruling requiring President Joe Biden to end the Title 42 expulsions by Dec. 21. Though the move may hold off a new influx of migrants on the southern border, the administrative stay doesn't necessarily signal which way the high court is leaning on the broader questions about the policy. Roberts, or the court, will likely issue another order in a matter of days. Read more | Venezuelan immigrants warm by a fire after hundreds of other migrants surged across the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas to seek asylum on December 19, 2022 as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
John Moore, Getty Images |
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in LA trial |
A jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault in his Los Angeles trial Monday, adding to legal woes for the disgraced film producer as he continues to face repercussions from sexual assault allegations that kickstarted the #MeToo movement. Over the course of the more than monthlong trial, prosecutors called 44 witnesses to the stand, as they alleged experiences of facing sexual assault and rape at the hands of Weinstein, and the pain, shock and shame felt in the aftermath. The 70-year-old former movie mogul is already two years into a 23-year sentence for a rape and sexual assault conviction in New York. Read more | Attornery Gloria Allred converses with reporters after Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of three counts of sexual assault in a trial in Los Angeles, California, USA, 19 December 2022.
DAVID SWANSON, AFP via Getty Images |
USOPC pushes category qualifiers for sport transgender issue |
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider "category qualifiers" — classified in some sports as "open" categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty. The USOPC finalized its so-called position paper at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports. The federation said it wanted to follow the science in determining the conditions under which transgender athletes can compete once they reach puberty, and acknowledged that the "sport landscape may leave currently competing athletes feeling uncertain regarding potential shifts in their eligibility status." Read more | The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's recommendations were based, it said, on the principle that science and "fairness" should guide all major decisions involving transgender participation in sports.
The Associated Press |
📷 Photo of the day: Best celebrity photos of 2022 📷 |
Lizzo got in the holiday spirit; Keke Palmer's pregnant belly on "SNL"; Jack Harlow and Dua Lipa: Here are some of the best star-studded photos of the year. | Keke Palmer used her time as host of "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 3 to announce that she will be welcoming a baby.
NBC, Will Heath/NBC | Delegates applaud after Mexico made a cris du coeur for delegates to reach an agreement during the plenary for the tail end of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 19, 2022.
ANDREJ IVANOV, AFP via Getty Images |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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