
Senate Democrats seeking to block confirmation of prosecutor who championed Jan. 6 defendants
CBSN
Senate Democrats are trying to make a stand against President Trump's nominee for a prosecutor's post in the District of Columbia, even as Mr. Trump's nominations for key Cabinet and Justice Department posts have secured confirmation largely unscathed with only a handful of dissenting Republican votes
Although Edward Martin is far from a household name, and is seeking a post that often operates outside of the national spotlight, his nomination for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. has become a rallying point for Senate Democrats and Mr. Trump's critics.
Martin is a longtime Trump loyalist, a figure in the 2020 Stop the Steal movement, served as a defense attorney in U.S. Capitol riot cases and acknowledges he was near the Capitol amid the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021, as he championed Trump's false claims the 2020 election was "rigged."

The leaders of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation" were found guilty Monday in what has been described as an abusive scheme to coerce their employees into performing traumatic and demeaning tasks with little or no pay, authorities said. A Brooklyn jury deliberated for less than two days before convicting Nicole Daedone, 57, and Rachel Cherwitz, 44, on federal forced labor charges, following a five-week trial.

Smuggler traveling from Thailand stopped with tarantulas, possums, lizards, authorities in India say
Indian customs officers made the latest "significant" seizure of endangered wildlife from a passenger arriving from Thailand, a government statement said: nearly 100 creatures including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums.

Some of the victims of the U.S. Capitol siege are angry about the Trump administration's public statements and response to this weekend's unrest in Los Angeles, accusing top officials and the president of hypocrisy. They point to the stark difference between the aggressive response of the president and his top aides against those who allegedly assaulted police in Los Angeles, compared to their staunch defense of those who admitted beating and gassing police on Jan. 6. The disparity risks inflaming the already heated controversy in California.