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Roberta Jacobson, the White House coordinator for the southern border, addresses migration issues during a daily press briefing this month.

Biden Sends Top Officials To Mexico As Border Surge Continues

Two members of President Biden's National Security Council, Roberta Jacobson and Juan Gonzalez, will travel to Mexico, a senior administration official told reporters.

Greg Jacob, a lawyer for Vice President Mike Pence, testifies to the House Special Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 16.

VIDEO: The third Jan. 6th House Select Committee public hearing (June 16, 2022).

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), co-chair of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6th attack, during opening remarks at the second of the recent series of public hearings on the findings of the committee's investigation.

VIDEO: The Second Jan. 6th House Select Committee public hearing (June 13, 2022).

Climate change is increasingly becoming a public health threat, experts warn. Thousands were displaced and dozens died during Hurricane Ida.

Climate Change Is The Greatest Threat To Public Health, Top Medical Journals Warn

With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.

The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol convenes the first public hearing to reveal its findings, on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

VIDEO: The first Jan. 6th House Select Committee public hearing (June 9, 2022)

Kenneth Polite, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news conference at the department in October.

His brother was killed in 2004. Now he fights violent crime as a top Justice official

Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.

A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., introduces U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at Delta Center Stage in Greenville, Miss., on April 1, 2022.

Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson says the U.S. came close to losing democracy

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. The mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers.

Proud Boys, Oath Keepers receive subpoenas in congressional Jan. 6 probe

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued five new subpoenas for witnesses lawmakers want to hear from, in addition to 40 witnesses subpoenaed already.

Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

House approves criminal contempt referrals for 2 Trump aides over the Jan. 6 attack

The House voted to hold former Trump White House advisers Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution

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