Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, February 22nd.

House Republicans are refusing to back off efforts to impeach President Joe Biden over a made-up bribery scheme.

An ex-FBI informant is facing criminal charges for lying about the Biden family's

involvement in a Ukrainian business deal and $10 million bribery scheme, and says he

got some of the fake dirt from Russian intelligence officials.

That false evidence was central to the GOP's attempt to impeach the president, but they say they're not giving up yet.

Yesterday the president's brother James was grilled behind closed doors, adding to a long list of people

who've testified that Joe Biden had no involvement in his son's foreign business deals.

Hunter Biden is expected to sit for an interview next week, but there are some serious doubts growing that the

GOP will be able to pass a politically risky impeachment

effort with their raise of the majority in the House.

House Democrat Jamie Ruskin says it's time for them to give up.

I think it's time for Chairman Comer and the Republicans to fold up the circus tent.

This impeachment investigation is nothing but a wild goose chase that is based on Russian

disinformation and propaganda.

The White House is thinking about restricting migrants from being able to seek asylum

if they crossed the US-Mexico border illegally.

Earlier this month, the Biden administration struck a deal with the Senate that included

some of the toughest measures on border security in recent memory.

But that was tanked by House Republicans, so sources say the White House is now considering new executive action

that's reminiscent of the Trump era.

CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has more.

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