A delegation of Texas House Democrats had to evacuate their hotel in Illinois Wednesday morning due to a potential bomb threat, according to multiple lawmakers and local police.

Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., also issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for "records related to" Epstein, a convicted sex offender who was found dead in his jail cell in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

The Texas House failed to reach a quorum for the second day in a row Tuesday as Democrats who fled remained outside the state in their effort to block the redrawing of the state's congressional map. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more on the Trump administration's response.

The Democrats are standing firm, even as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to have them expelled and GOP lawmakers voted to issue civil arrest warrants.

The Texas House of Representatives failed again on Tuesday afternoon to move forward on their redistricting effort as several Democratic members have fled the state over the proposed congressional maps.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has eased a key term of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s house arrest

Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest.