Clip showing George Santos all alone in House chamber on first day of new Congress racks up 1.7m views
Rep-elect faces storm of controversy over lies about religion, background
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House GOP dysfunction leaves Sen Patty Murray second in line for presidency
The Washington senator is the Senate’s President Pro Tempore, a largely ceremonial post that is normally third in the presidential order of succession
AOC reveals why she was chatting with GOP opponent who fantasised about killing her in anime video
The progressive Democrat and Representative Paul Gosar were seen talking on the House floor amid the chaotic speaker’s vote
GOP pull down Capitol metal detectors after its members were fined thousands for dodging them
The Republicans may not have a speaker, but they appear to have made one change in the House
Robbers call police for help moving belongings they were stealing
‘Deputies DID help them with their belongings, and DID give them a ride, but it wasn’t to the airport … it was to the Polk Pokey’
New documents detail Sen. Ron Johnson asking about electors
Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to him weeks before Joe Biden assumed the presidency about having the state’s GOP-controlled Le…
Sam Bankman-Fried trying to hide identities of ‘people of considerable means’ guaranteeing his $250m bail
Mr Bankman-Fried wants the judge to keep the names of two people who are guaranteeing his bail secret
Ruslan Khasbulatov, who led Russian parliament revolt, dies
Ruslan Khasbulatov, who led a rebellion against Russia’s first post-Soviet president, has died
Democrats take control as Minnesota Legislature convenes
Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota Legislature convened for its 2023 session Tuesday
Trump peddles conspiracy about Georgia election workers who became target of right-wing lies
“There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere,” the election worker told the January 6 panel