New Congress to convene, but will McCarthy be House speaker?
The new Congress opens with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival
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South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway
South Korea has reconfirmed that Seoul and Washington are discussing discussing South Korea being involved in U.S. nuclear asset management to cope with intensifying North Korean nuclear threats
McCarthy struggles for support ahead of vote in Republican-led US Congress
US Representative Kevin McCarthy struggled to beat back hard-line conservative opposition and secure enough votes to give him the speakership when the new House of Representatives convenes with a narrow Republican majority on Tuesday.
NFL player in ‘critical condition’ after collapsing during primetime game
Bills safety Damar Hamlin was taken off the field via ambulance after reportedly being administered CPR during the first quarter of Buffalo’s Monday night game against the host Cincinnati Bengals, and the NFL subsequently postponed the contest.
Online profile behind Trump’s ridiculed NFT trading cards also trades in erotic art, report says
All 45,000 Trump trading cards that went up for sale for $99 sold out
Two children and two adults critically injured after Tesla plunges over Devil’s Slide cliff in California
Two adults and two children taken to hospital
Trump wanted ex-military critics tried at court-martial, top general said
General Mark Milley’s testimony before the House January 6 committee confirms an allegation first made by former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Gunman shot dead after killing police chief and wounding another officer in Pennsylvania
Police chase of suspect began on Sunday
New York state trooper exposed for lying about high-speed chase that killed 11-year-old girl
Officer has denied charges of murder and manslaughter in 2020 crash
George Santos faces renewed fraud charges in Brazil over 2008 stolen checkbook scheme
Incoming New York congressman facing scrunity for invented details about personal history