Biden, Biden look forward to returning to White House correspondents

It is a party weekend in the capital, with DC figures including Joe Biden looking forward to tomorrow s return of the White House correspondents dinner those who don't have Covid - 19 at least.

There is no let up in the 6 January House committee's pursuit of Republicans who could hold crucial information about Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat. The panel plans to hold public hearings in June, and my colleague Hugo Lowell reports that the House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and rightwing Congress members Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are in the investigation's sights.

The Washington Post published an in-depth interview with the Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin this morning, who said that the public knows only a very small portion of the information that the panel has gathered to date.

If you want to know about the Ukraine conflict, visit our live 24 hour news blog here.

Today in the US:

Joe Biden will speak with Mexico's president Andr s Manuel L pez Obrador at lunchtime to discuss mutual interests and priorities in the region.

Biden will meet with inspectors general of various government agencies to talk about how his $1 tn infrastructure package will be implemented.

The Democrats fear that changing electoral maps across the country will cause big problems for their prospects in November s midterm elections.

The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, will give her final briefing on the week at 2 pm.