Quick Glance: The FBI used an undercover agent to target a Catholic church, according to Jim Jordan.
- Jordan issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray as part of the latest step in the investigation into the February memo leak.
- According to Republican Representative Jim Jordan, the FBI allegedly utilized an undercover operative to target the clergy and leadership of the Catholic Church.
- Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday informing him that he was being investigated for the agency's handling of a domestic extremism analysis that proposed developing sources among church leaders to look for signs of radicalization among Catholic parishioners.
Quick Glance: Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Donald Trump ostentatiously gratified himself.
- McCarthy approached the ultra-right string-puller Matt Gaetz with trepidation.
- McCarthy was elected with 216 votes, two fewer than the 216 needed for a majority in the House of Representatives.
- Kevin McCarthy was previously the Republican minority leader in the United States House of Representatives.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces a voluntary recall of fudge-coated animal cookies that were sold at Target stores across the U.S.
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BREAKING: Target of shooting that killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel named as convicted burglar
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Quick Glance: NASA's spacecraft collides with an asteroid, passing a planetary defense test
- Laurel, Maryland — NASA successfully crashed a small spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday, a 14,000-mile-per-hour collision aimed to see if such technology might be used to safeguard Earth from a potentially catastrophic hit.
- It is in orbit around Didymos, a bigger asteroid.
- A second spacecraft would be required to investigate the effect.
- However, a moonlet, like as Dimorphos, orbits its larger sibling at a leisurely pace.
- Indeed, only the larger asteroid, not Dimorphos, could be seen in the spacecraft's camera's live feed 90 minutes before impact.
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Quick Glance: Watch | How serious is the global food crisis?
- A film discussing the causes of the global food crisis and how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the world's high food costs.
- This has limited global supplies and driven up the cost of alternatives.
- According to the UN, global food costs are about 30% higher than this time last year.
- S. Jaishankar, India's External Affairs Minister, has stated that the situation in Ukraine will result in a three 'F' crisis: fuel, food, and fertilizers.