The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into D.C.'s jails. In a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says investigators will examine whether the Department of Corrections fails to protect detainees from excessive force and fails to provide adequate medical care, sanitary conditions and nutrition, going back to 2021. DOJ says it has reached no conclusions.

Federal prosecutors say the former OpenAI engineer charged with hiding a recording device in an executive conference room appears to have "considerable support from a foreign government." Their filing says the Saudi government and a Saudi military member booked flights for his wife and baby after his arrest, and that a Saudi royal told him, "Saudi needs you more then the US!" On Monday, a judge ordered him held without bail.

The top Democrat on the House Science Committee says the Commerce Department has not produced "a single responsive document, communication, or record" for her oversight requests and has not formally answered any of them in nearly two years. In letters to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Rep. Zoe Lofgren lists the records she wants and sets a 5 p.m. Nov. 6 deadline. Here's what she asked for.