The effort by House Republicans to find wrongdoing on the part of President Biden was already struggling, but it took another big blow when a key source was charged with making up allegations.
Members of the House went into a confidential briefing hoping for answers about what the government knows about alien life. They emerged with more questions.
As Republicans met to approve a contempt citation of President Biden’s son for failing to sit for a private deposition in their impeachment inquiry against his father, he made a brief surprise appearance.
House Democrats released evidence that the former president took in at least $7.8 million from foreign entities while in office, engaging in the kind of conduct the G.O.P. is grasping to pin on President Biden.