This week, we looked at the new special counsel and a new House rules package. Plus: the Proud Boys trial -- and postcards.
The Big Picture: Another special counsel
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President Biden is facing a Department of Justice investigation after his lawyers found classified documents at his Delaware residence and an office in Washington, D.C.
That announcement comes three days after news broke that classified documents had been found at Biden's private office in November less than a week before the midterm elections – a discovery that led the DOJ to launch an initial inquiry.
In response to Garland's announcement Thursday, the White House said it has "cooperated closely" with the DOJ during its review and plans to continue working with Hur's special counsel investigation, according to a statement from Richard Sauber, a lawyer for the president.
"We are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the President and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake," according to the statement.
Proud Boys trial: A federal prosecutor told jurors in the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Proud Boys group that they mobilized "and took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021 during the Capitol insurrection. Read more from the opening days of the trial.
Jill Biden surgery: First Lady Jill Biden had three skin lesions removed on Wednesday, two of which were found to be cancerous, her doctor announced. “All cancerous tissue was successfully removed, and the margins were clear of any residual skin cancer cells," he said.
EQUAL bill: A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal cocaine crimes failed to clear the Senate before the new Congress began. With Republicans now in control of the House, it's unclear when it might pass.
Donald Brown, 92, has spent most of his life collecting hundreds of thousands of postcards -- a passion that ignited when he was 11 and discovered a box full of them that his grandmother had kept.
"I just couldn't stop," he says. "I wanted to go to every five-and-dime store and buy postcards."
Freja writes Brown is determined to make sure his collection leaves a mark on the world. He founded a nonprofit research center in the early '90s dedicated to the study and preservation of postcards and North American history, and that he has donated pieces from both the group's collection as well as his own to the University of Maryland, which runs the National Trust for Historic Preservation Library.
"They're something you can hold in your hand," he says. "It becomes a treasure -- a personal memento that reflects certain qualities of our current society."
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