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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed House Democrats of her plans in a closed door meeting Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the Senate trial to start next Tuesday.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is stepping aside from its investigation into Russia's meddling in the election last year after being accused of ethics violations. Devin Nunes says the charges against him are baseless, and he retains the confidence of House leadership, but his Democratic counterpart welcomed the move.

For the first time, the U.S. House of Representatives has declared a sitting attorney general in contempt of Congress. In a pair of votes cast largely along party lines, the House moved to pursue criminal sanctions against Eric Holder and to take steps to sue him in federal court. They blame Holder for not turning over documents about the Fast and Furious gun scandal.

A roughly $14 billion aid package for Israel, released by House Republicans, is at odds with the White House and the Senate, where leaders want money for Israel linked to money for Ukraine.

The program, designed to help agricultural workers find housing, often leaves workers without a place to live because their income is considered too high to qualify for affordable housing.

A congressional inquiry finds that two deadly 737 Max plane crashes were the culmination of design flaws, faulty technical assumptions and management failures, and grossly insufficient FAA oversight.

President Biden's big social spending and climate change bill passed in the House on Friday.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for a record 8 hours and 44 minutes in a speech outlining Democrats' objections to the bill.

Now in control of the House, Republicans will hold hearings on border policy and pandemic relief spending.