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House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a news conference following a weekly House Republican caucus conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik on Tuesday urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen perjured himself in testimony to Congress. Cohen's testimony in both settings centered on his claims of financial wrongdoing by Trump. "Mr. Cohen's prior conviction for lying to Congress merits a heightened suspicion that he has yet again testified falsely before Congress," the Republicans wrote. They asked Garland to investigate whether any of Cohen's testimony "warrants another charge" for violating federal perjury laws.

Persons: Elise Stefanik, Merrick Garland, Donald Trump's, Michael Cohen perjured, Stefanik, Mike Turner, Trump, Turner, Cohen's, Garland, Trump's Organizations: Republican, U.S, Capitol, House Republican, House Intelligence, Intelligence Locations: Washington ,, Ohio, New York, New Yorker

Outside the Trump rally, small groups of Trump supporters waived flags along a main road, while closer to the factory where the former president will speak was a small drumline with Trump supporters waiving flags nearby. "Auto Workers for Trump" and "Union Members for Trump" signs were being handed out to attendees and MAGA hats were prevalent in the largely white, older male crowd. Brian Pannebecker, a retired auto worker who runs a Facebook group called "Auto Workers for Trump, said he assisted in getting current and retired auto workers to the event for the Trump campaign and expects more than 200 people at the event. The venue where Trump will speak is an auto parts production facility, which allows little room for the stage or a large audience. Hundreds of chairs were set up in front of where Trump will speak, with bleachers meant for auto workers on the far left and far right of the stage.

Persons: Donald Trump, MAGA, Brian Pannebecker, Joe Biden, shouldn't, It's, Mike Wayland Organizations: Republican, Drake Enterprises, Trump, " Auto Workers, Auto Workers, Ford, Chrysler Locations: Clinton Township , Michigan, United States, Mexico, Canada, Detroit

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are seen during the final debate of the 2020 presidential election, Oct. 23, 2020. The previous presidential election cycle, in 2016, totaled $2.6 billion in political ad spending. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards AdImpactAdImpact projected that the 2024 cycle will show a 13% increase from four years earlier. The group anticipates at least $7 billion of the 2024 total will go toward TV ad spending. More than a quarter of that $10.2 billion total, $2.7 billion, will come from presidential ad spending alone, according to AdImpact.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Pavlo Conchar Organizations: Democratic, LightRocket

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at the American Police Hall of Fame & Museum in Titusville. The group has raised more than $225 million for DeSantis and currently boasts nearly $86 million in cash on hand. Friends of Ron DeSantis could soon try to transfer a moneybag roughly 800 times the size of Donalds'. The state committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, appears to be positioning itself for the transfer. Friends of Ron DeSantis is allowed to accept unlimited contributions from donors, and it shows.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos of New York will not serve on the two House committees to which he was recently assigned until the investigations into his conduct have concluded, his office said Tuesday. Santos' decision to recuse himself from the two panels marks one of the first tangible repercussions he has faced since admitting he fabricated key details about his biography. And the voters in Santos' district aren't keen on keeping him around, either, according to a new poll released Tuesday morning. The pollster surveyed 653 voters from Santos' district between Jan. 23 and last Thursday.

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