US Domestic News Roundup: Hunter Biden prosecutor to testify behind closed doors to House Republicans; Ron DeSantis scores Iowa governor's endorsement in Republican primary race and more

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Hunter Biden prosecutor to testify behind closed doors to House Republicans

U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the probe into President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, will appear on Tuesday for a closed-door interview with the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, amid an impeachment inquiry into Biden. Weiss is expected to push back against comments by two whistleblowers from the Internal Revenue Service tax agency, who say he told officials at a meeting that he did not have final authority on deciding to bring charges as part of his probe.

Ron DeSantis scores Iowa governor's endorsement in Republican primary race

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Monday endorsed Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis' bid to be the party's nominee, a much-needed boost to the Florida governor as he seeks to shrink former President Donald Trump's big lead in the polls.

"Ron is focused, he is principled, he is results driven," Reynolds told a crowd of cheering supporters at a rally in Des Moines where DeSantis also took the stage.

Jury finds Colorado officer not guilty in Elijah McClain's killing

A Colorado jury on Monday found police officer Nathan Woodyard not guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police placed him in a chokehold during an arrest and medics injected him with a sedative. Woodyard, 34, the last of three Aurora Police Department officers to stand trial in McClain's death, had been suspended without pay from the force since 2020.

Abortion rights at center of Tuesday's Ohio, Virginia elections

Abortion will once again be on the ballot on Tuesday, as Ohio residents vote on whether to guarantee abortion rights and Virginia voters decide whether to give Republicans the power to impose new limits on the procedure. With the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa less than 10 weeks away, national Republicans and Democrats are closely watching Tuesday's races for clues about where the U.S. electorate stands ahead of the 2024 campaign for both the White House and Congress.

Father of accused July Fourth gunman in Chicago suburb pleads guilty

An Illinois father pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple counts of reckless conduct for helping his troubled underage son obtain a gun that the latter used to kill seven people at a Fourth of July parade in 2022. Illinois Circuit Court Judge George Strickland sentenced Robert Crimo Jr. to two years of probation and 60 days in custody of the Lake County sheriff, as well as 100 hours of public service. The father of the accused shooter was also ordered to surrender his firearm owner identification card and any ammunition.

US Republicans expect no votes on stopgap this week as shutdown looms

Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives said they do not expect to move forward this week on a stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies open, even with a possible government shutdown just 10 days away. Instead, House Speaker Mike Johnson was due to present at least three options for a stopgap known as a continuing resolution, or "CR," to lawmakers at a closed-door Republican conference on Tuesday morning, the lawmakers said.

Trump tangles with judge, complains of treatment at NY fraud trial

Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York business on Monday, prompting the judge at one point to threaten to cut his testimony short. Under questioning about his company's accounting practices, the former U.S. president clearly aggravated Judge Arthur Engoron, who is weighing whether to impose hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and other penalties that could hobble the real estate empire that vaulted Trump to prominence.

US Senate Republicans unveil border plan as House Ukraine bill looms

Three prominent U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed steps to restrict migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico, including resuming construction of a border wall and keeping asylum seekers outside the U.S. while their case is heard. The proposal emerged barely a week after House Speaker Mike Johnson, the top Republican in Congress, met with Senate party members and laid out his own plan to link Ukraine aid to Republican legislation known as "HR-2," which would restrict border access and set tight limits on asylum seekers.

US Supreme Court mulls legality of domestic-violence gun curbs

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to weigh the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns in the latest major case to test the willingness of its conservative majority to further expand gun rights. Oral arguments are scheduled in an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's ruling striking down the law - intended to protect victims of domestic abuse - as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."

Factbox-Who qualified for the third 2024 Republican presidential debate?

Five Republican candidates will take part in the third 2024 Republican presidential debate on Wednesday in Florida. Donald Trump is set to skip the event. Here are the candidates who are due to be on stage for the debate, which begins at 8 p.m. ET (0100 GMT on Thursday) at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, and is hosted by NBC News: