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• January 6 committee postpones request for some records from Trump White House
  The House select committee investigating January 6 has postponed its request for dozens of pages of records from the Trump White House even though the documents were determined by the current White House counsel to be relevant to its probe.
• Paid leave falls out of Democratic package in urgent scramble to secure Manchin's support
  Democrats are expected to scrap paid family leave from their cornerstone economic and climate package, discarding one of the central planks of President Joe Biden's proposal as they scramble to strike a deal with holdout senators, according to multiple people familiar with the talks.
• Top US general says China hypersonic test is 'very concerning'
  The top US general said China's test of a hypersonic weapon over the summer was "very concerning" and that "it has all of our attention."
• McConnell endorses Herschel Walker's Senate bid in sign of growing GOP establishment support
  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is backing former football star Herschel Walker's Senate bid in Georgia, a sign that the Republican establishment is aligning behind Walker after initially holding concerns about the GOP candidate's viability.
• Intelligence leaders defend efforts to promote diversity in face of Republican attacks
  The Biden administration's most senior intelligence officials defended their push to boost diversity in the ranks of the intelligence community in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, amid attacks from Republicans that such efforts are a distraction from core national security priorities.
• Horse patrol investigation slow moving despite DHS promise to conclude in 'days'
  An internal investigation into US Border Patrol agents on horseback who confronted migrants in Texas, remains ongoing, a month after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas committed to concluding the probe within "days."
• Some House depositions of people who helped plan rallies preceding Capitol attack are postponed
  The House select committee investigating January 6 has granted short postponements of the scheduled depositions of individuals who helped plan the rallies and events leading up to the attack on the Capitol, a committee aide told CNN.
• US Capitol rioter with Proud Boys ties to plead guilty, lawyer says
  A January 6 riot defendant with ties to the Proud Boys, who was recently profiled by CNN for promoting false-flag conspiracies about the insurrection, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor for illegally protesting in the Capitol building, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.