The Washington Post reports on how the latest January 6 hearing revealed Trump’s involvement in a plan to use fake electors to undermine the 2020 presidential-election results, and also has background on the plot. Hundreds of people are dead following a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal has the story. Biden will ask Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months, USA Today reports. The Hill provides key takeaways from Tuesday’s races in Alabama, Georgia, and beyond. The Senate made its first move to advance a bipartisan gun-safety bill. Politico explains. A civil jury found Bill Cosby liable in a sexual-assault case. CNN has details. NBC News reports on concerns for the fate of several Americans who are in Russian hands. Vice lays out how extreme drought revealed the remains of an ancient lost city.

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