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Former President Trump was in a federal appeals court today, where his lawyer argued he should be immune from prosecution for actions he carried out while he was in the White House. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice argued nothing in the Constitution shields Trump from prosecution now. NBC News’ Laura Jarrett reports.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for complications from a surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer, according to a statement from Walter Reed Medical Center. Defense officials say he hid his illness from top Pentagon officials and the White House says President Biden wasn’t made aware until today. NBC News’ Courtney Kube reports.

Brawl erupted between police and those who created passageways and wanted them to remain at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters A group of men belonging to a Hasidic Jewish community in New York were arrested on Monday amid a dispute over an illegal tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic synagogue, which has since been closed. … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had elective surgery to treat it. What is elective surgery?

A Wisconsin judge has ruled that state law does not allow the use of mobile absentee voting sites, siding with Republicans who had challenged Racine’s use of a voting van that traveled around the city in 2022. Republicans opposed the use of the van, the only one of its kind in Wisconsin, saying its use … Read more

GOP candidates aren’t worried about potential record-low Iowa caucus temperatures, saying that they think their supporters are uniquely motivated to come out.

Legal woes that would have buried a candidate have become a feature of Trump’s 2024 run as other Republicans hit campaign trail in Iowa Four candidates were on the campaign trail, meeting and greeting voters in frigid Iowa. A fifth was sitting in a courtroom in rainy Washington, trying to fend off a criminal case … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and underwent a minimally invasive procedure to treat and cure it, according to a statement from Walter Reed National Military Center officials on Tuesday.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves was inaugurated for his second term on Tuesday. The 49-year-old Republican is the fourth Mississippi governor to win two consecutive terms. Reeves campaigned by focusing on tax cuts, job creation, low unemployment and improvements in education. He also cast his Democratic opponent as a liberal backed by out-of-state donors who were … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Roger Marshall, R-M.D., will lead a resolution on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon calling for a vote of “no confidence” of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republican lawmakers have been critical of Mayorkas’s handling of the southern border, as illegal immigrant crossings reached a record high last month.  The … Read more