A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators will travel to China next week. The visit comes amid a time of persistent disagreement over policies concerning Taiwan, the South China Sea and what the U.S. calls genocide of the country’s Uyghur population. Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific security chair at the Hudson Institute, joins CBS News to discuss what’s at stake for the visit. Source

Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three felony gun charges. The plea came nearly two months after a pre-negotiated deal with prosecutors publicly fell apart. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge reports. Source

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has moved to end a farming deal with a subsidiary of a major Saudi dairy company. Since 2015, Fondomonte has pumped huge amounts of groundwater from beneath the earth’s surface to grow alfalfa in the rural Arizona desert. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more. Source

The Army’s recruiting improved last fiscal year but still fell short of its goals by about 10,000 enlistments. Source

Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is serving as speaker pro tempore. Source

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he would not run for the leadership position again after he was ousted from the role Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion unpacks McCarthy’s comments. Plus, MIT political science professor Charles Stewart III looks at the historical trends that led to McCarthy’s ouster. Source

There are a number of reasons Rep. Matt Gaetz has offered for ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Source

Cruise, the company that operates the driverless taxi, said its vehicles are safer than rideshares operated by humans. Source

The old artwork included tributes to Confederate generals​ Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Source

While violent crime is trending down nationwide, it’s up 39% in Washington, D.C., compared with last year, and motor vehicle theft rose by 106%. Source