Iowa: Obama 51%, Romney 43%

“House Republicans’ mainstream wing is warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) not to repeat his predecessor’s mistake of giving away the store to his right-wing detractors to retain his gavel,” Axios reports. “Johnson is facing roughly a dozen right-wing holdouts on the eve of Friday’s speaker election — in which he will only be able to afford a handful of GOP defections.”

“Hoping to generate new tips, the FBI is disclosing new information, including previously unreleased video, about a suspect who planted pipe bombs four years ago outside the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees near the Capitol,” Stars and Stripes reports. New York Times: “The suspect, wearing a mask, a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, put two homemade bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national party headquarters the night before the formal congressional ceremony acknowledging Joseph Biden had won the 2020 election.” “Neither device exploded, but their discovery that morning added to the fear and confusion on a day when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, briefly delaying the certification of the results.”

“President Biden is likely to announce a decision as soon as Friday on whether he will approve Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition of U. S. Steel,” CBS News reports.

A watchdog group that has sounded the alarm about various picks for U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's next administration released a Monday report focused on the consulting and nonprofit work of incoming immigration official Tom Homan. Homan, who was acting director of U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's first term, is set to serve as "border czar," a post that does not require Senate confirmation. The new analysis by Accountable.

Joe Biden still pursuing dishonor before death.

Most people think of Chanukah as a festival of lights and oil, but there is more to it than that.