“Should The Tense Tensions Become… Tenser.”

Here’s what’s in the news today: 

The Pentagon is putting 8,500 troops on heightened alert for a potential deployment (AP News)

A judge has approved Georgia’s request for a special grand jury in the case of Trump’s attempted election fraud (AP News)

Cash stimulus payments for poor mothers appeared to positively affect their kid’s brain activity (NY Times)

Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to proxy voting rules in the House (Washington Post)

Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Harvard and University of North Carolina’s race-conscious admissions programs (NY Times)

NYC is restoring their plainclothes police unit (NY Times)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton refusing to hand over Trump rally-related records (AP News)

Biden’s hot mic moment (Twitter)