President Donald Trump says he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil. The move comes after months of Trump pressing India to cut its reliance on cheap Russian crude. India has taken advantage of reduced Russian oil prices as much of the world has sought to isolate Moscow for its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to pressure ahead of contempt of Congress vote.

Republican leadership in the House is hoping to begin the process of reopening the government by advancing a funding package that passed the Senate last week. President Donald Trump urged lawmakers Monday not to oppose the deal. Under the plan approved by the Senate, the Department of Homeland Security would be funded temporarily to Feb. 13. That would set up a deadline for Congress to try to find consensus on new restrictions on ICE operations. The bill faces pushback from lawmakers in both parties. Democrats are broadly opposing it. Some Republicans are raising new demands that could put passage in jeopardy.

President Donald Trump says he won't tear down the Kennedy Center. Asked about his Sunday announcement that he wants to close the center for two years, Trump said Monday that the building needs repairs and the work can't be done while patrons are coming and going from shows and other performances. The Republican president said the work would cost about $200 million, including installation of the “highest-grade marble, the highest-grade everything.” Such a project would mark Trump's latest effort to put his stamp on a cultural institution that serves as living memorial to Democratic President John F. Kennedy.

An attorney says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has delayed giving members of Congress a complaint about her conduct. Gabbard’s office said the complaint was reviewed by the office of the intelligence community’s inspector general, which had deemed it not credible. The attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday that he couldn't offer details about his client or their complaint but that federal law protects whistleblowers in the intelligence community by allowing them to take their complaints directly to Congress. A spokesperson for Gabbard called the complaint “completely baseless” and that the number of classified details in the complaint made the review process “substantially more difficult.”

Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has already cost Peter Mandelson the post of Britain’s ambassador to Washington. Now, Mandelson is facing demands he come clean about his relationship with the late sex offender after new revelations. Mandelson resigned from the governing Labour Party on Sunday following new claims he received payments from Epstein two decades ago. Mandelson said he was stepping aside to avoid causing “further embarrassment,” even as he denied the allegations. The accusations stem from a trove of more than 3 million pages of documents relating to Epstein released by the U.S. Department of Justice. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging Mandelson to also resign from the House of Lords.

U.S. stocks rose following sharp swings that shook financial markets overnight, including tumbles for Asian stocks. The S&P 500 added 0.5% Monday to snap a three-day losing streak and finish just shy of its record set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%. Silver erased a 9% loss from the overnight hours to briefly pull higher, before dropping again. Gold briefly sank below $4,500 per ounce. Oil prices fell, and Treasury yields rose following a report on U.S. manufacturing that was better than economists expected.

Homeland Security Secretary Noem says every DHS officer deployed to Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera.