Oklahoma lawmakers are planning to use opioid settlement funds to plug upcoming budget gaps in what would be the first actions taken with money from the Opioid Lawsuit Settlement Fund. So reports The Oklahoman.

Despite already securing a guilty plea for charges related to lying to the FBI, the Justice Department has dropped the case against Michael Flynn. So reports Vox.

Tara Reade, the former Senate employee who has claimed presidential candidate Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the early 90s, is being represented by attorney Douglas Wigdor. So reports The Hill.