Despite attempts by Western governments to dismantle Russian spy networks, experts say the Kremlin apparently is still able to pursue those it perceives as traitors abroad in an attempt to silence dissent.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's Republican leadership team raised the idea of quickly changing the procedural rules to make it harder to oust the speaker from office.
The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former president Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again and can be kept off the ballot.
On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Donald Trump's appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment.