Author: Bart Jansen, USA TODAY

President Joe Biden’s decision to release Donald Trump’s White House visitor logs will allow a House committee to learn who was there Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump had sought to block the documents by arguing the records should remain confidential so presidents can receive candid advice from aides.

Opening arguments will begin in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls as young as 14.

Trump asserted executive privilege over records detailing whom the president met and called Jan. 6 as a mob attacked the Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the emergency request to keep the documents confidential while the case is argued.

A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee probing the Jan. 6 riot.

Congress is resuming talks Friday on Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social welfare program, to reach a goal of a House vote on the infrastructure bill.

Senate leaders are scrambling to vote Thursday on a government funding extension while a House panel debates an increase in the debt limit.

Democrats are grappling this week with how to extend federal government funding beyond Thursday and how to raise the debt limit before Oct. 18.

Congress faces a series of high-stakes votes this week on government funding, the debt limit, infrastructure and President Joe Biden’s priorities.