BY HUGO GURDON AND DAVID FREDDOSO

HIGHLIGHTS

Identity of 'Tech Executive' in Durham indictment over Alfa Bank claims revealed
State Department faulted for waiting too long to pull the trigger on Afghanistan evacuation
Kyrsten Sinema soars in Arizona even as she rankles Democrats in Washington

Biden agenda in peril: Pelosi delays late-night infrastructure vote

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed a key vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after House liberals remained firm in their threat to sink the legislation, and negotiations between congressional leaders, White House officials, and centrist West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin ended without agreement late Thursday night.

Louie Gohmert shares reassuring update on jailed Marine after visit

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said the Marine who was jailed after criticizing top military officials over the Afghanistan withdrawal "looks" and "sounds good" after the two met on Thursday.

Consumers facing high energy costs as winter quickly approaches

Natural gas prices are way up, and there's no end in sight.

Florida's aerospace industry booming but faces competition and capacity challenges

Florida's 15-year-old space agency has secured its first tenant for a 400-acre industrial park ringing Cape Canaveral's former space shuttle runway and has doubled partnerships with commercial aerospace companies with $2.8 billion in contracts "in the pipeline," state officials told a Senate panel Wednesday.

Pelosi's archbishop calls for 'campaign of prayer and fasting' over speaker's support for abortion

The top Catholic official in Nancy Pelosi's home district called for a "massive and visible campaign of prayer and fasting" to change the House speaker's mind on abortion.

Rubio, Scott bill would end federal rationing of monoclonal antibody treatments

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week railed against the Biden administration’s decision to trim the state’s monoclonal antibody treatment allocation because of an increase in demand nationwide that the governor partially credited himself for after his months-long campaign promoting the COVID-19 alternate to vaccines.

Washington state ban on plastic bags starts Friday

Washington state’s ban on single-use plastic bags goes into effect Friday, almost a year and a half after the law was passed.

Audit: ISP not following law in processing ID for legal gun buyers

An Auditor General review of the Illinois State Police’s handling of Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and Concealed Carry License applications shows ISP is not following the law.

Biden and Democrats prepare for blame game as legacy bills stall

President Joe Biden likes to say, "The buck stops with him." Congressional Democrats are amplifying that message, even as the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bricks-and-mortar infrastructure deal and sweeping $3.5 trillion partisan social welfare and climate spending proposal face obstacles on Capitol Hill.