A man is behind bars after allegedly assaulting a state representative in Hartford, Connecticut, Wednesday afternoon during a religious holiday celebration, officials announced. Andrey Desmond, 30, of New Britain, was arrested by Hartford police after he allegedly assaulted Rep. Maryam Khan, a Democrat, when she and her family were observing Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s holiest days, at the city’s XL Center, WTNH reported.

An IRS whistleblower said critical steps in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden were put “on the back burner” as the 2020 presidential election approached and stressed that “the most substantive felony charges were left off the table,” while doubling down on his claim that that the entirety of the Justice Department’s probe into the president’s son was influenced by politics. Whistleblower Gary Shapley Jr.

President Biden says he “spent a lot of time with” Chinese President Xi Jinping during his tenure as vice president, sometimes alone. The remarks from Biden about his encounters with the top Chinese politician came during a speech he delivered from Chicago on Wednesday about “Bidenomics,” a term pushed by the White House that pertains to the president’s economic agenda.

Confidence in U.S. institutions such as the FBI, Supreme Court and Congress has been on a steady decline since 2017 and is now reaching record lows. More broadly, less than a third of voters trust the federal government – a 20-year low. That’s according to the latest Fox News Poll of registered voters released Wednesday. Six years ago, record numbers had faith in the FBI (80%) and the high court (83%), and over half trusted Congress (53%).