President Trump has five days to decide whether to release a classified memo to the public that alleges abuses of power by the Justice Department and FBI in the Russia investigation.
Spearheaded by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, the committee voted along party lines to release the classified memo. Democrats are crying foul, saying the report takes information out of context.
Jack Hunter, editor at Rare Politics, discusses the impact the memo could have on the investigation. Hunter says there is no guarantee Republicans even have a real case.
As the countdown continues, President Trump will also be delivering his first State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. Immigration is likely to take center stage as the debate continues in Washington over a permanent solution to DACA.
Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice.
A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track. A handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the bill after what's become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services. But hurdles remain. Senators are hopeful they can pass the package as soon as Monday and send it to the House. What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal has drawn criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation includes funding for SNAP food aid and other programs while ensuring backpay for furloughed federal workers. But it fails to fund expiring health care subsidies Democrats have been fighting for, pushing that debate off for a vote next month.
Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins to break down the SNAP funding delays and the human cost of the ongoing shutdown.
Arguments at the Supreme Court have concluded for the day as the justices consider President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power.
