Politics A.M.: House Oversight asks Archives for information about Trump’s handling of White House records

Biden to propose 4.6 percent pay raise for federal employees, the biggest hike in 15 years; How to get the NFL mad about calling the Super Bowl 'the Super Bowl'; Kevin McCarthy has no idea what to do; House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoena to former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro; What is the Presidential Records Act, and how did Trump violate it?; Dealt a bad hand, Democrats are poised to make it worse; National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump's handling of White House records; How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map; RNC censure push pits Trump loyalists against 'D.C. bubble,' widening GOP's internal divide; Pelosi shifts stance on banning lawmakers from trading individual stocks; Biden calls Florida bill restricting LGBTQ discussion in schools 'hateful' after DeSantis signals support; Private contractor to drop facial recognition requirement for all state and federal agencies after backlash over IRS plan; The Trailer: Coming soon to a Democratic primary fight: Israel ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Ting Shen/Bloomberg) House Oversight asks Archives for information about Trump's handling of White House records Trump says his relationship with the Archives has been mischaracterized by the media. By Jacqueline Alemany ●  Read more »   Biden to propose 4.6 percent pay raise for federal employees, the biggest hike in 15 years The pay increase would follow an average 2.7 percent raise that took effect last month for 2.1 million executive branch workers, an increase allowed by default under federal law after Congress did not enact the president's proposal by the end of December. By Lisa Rein ●  Read more »   How to get the NFL mad about calling the Super Bowl 'the Super Bowl' Unless you are a #brand, just call it the Super Bowl. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Kevin McCarthy has no idea what to do Mitch McConnell has at least picked a side in the brewing internecine GOP conflict; McCarthy, as usual, just hopes it goes away. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoena to former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the bipartisan committee, said Navarro "appears to have information directly relevant" to the panel's investigation. By Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey and Felicia Sonmez ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   What is the Presidential Records Act, and how did Trump violate it? There aren't a lot of ways to enforce the law requiring preservation of White House records. Analysis ●  By Amber Phillips ●  Read more »   Dealt a bad hand, Democrats are poised to make it worse Democratic governors opt for the Ron DeSantis route. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump's handling of White House records The request came amid revelations that officials recovered 15 boxes of materials from the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence that weren't handed back to the government as they should have been. By Matt Zapotosky, Jacqueline Alemany, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed. Analysis ●  By Adrian Blanco, Kevin Schaul and Ashlyn Still ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   RNC censure push pits Trump loyalists against 'D.C. bubble,' widening GOP's internal divide In a statement, the former president said the Senate minority leader does not speak for the majority of Republican voters. By Mike DeBonis and John Wagner ●  Read more »   Pelosi shifts stance on banning lawmakers from trading individual stocks "If that's what the members want to do, then that's what we will do," Pelosi said Wednesday. In December, she had shot down the idea of a ban, saying "We're a free-market economy." By Amy B Wang and Meagan Flynn ●  Read more »   Biden calls Florida bill restricting LGBTQ discussion in schools 'hateful' after DeSantis signals support The legislation, dubbed the "Don't say gay" bill by critics, aims to bar some classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the state's schools. By Adela Suliman ●  Read more »   Private contractor to drop facial recognition requirement for all state and federal agencies after backlash over IRS plan The private contractor ID.me says it will allow the 73 million people who've signed up for its service to access government websites to delete their face scans after March 1. By Drew Harwell ●  Read more »   The Trailer: Coming soon to a Democratic primary fight: Israel How Israel and BDS could shape Democratic primaries, how a few words in Salt Lake City created a Republican problem, and a brand new reason that liberals are angry with the Supreme Court. Analysis ●  By David Weigel ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Climate 202 for a daily guide to climate news and policy. Sign up »

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