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House Republican leader still short as stalemate continuesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailAs president Joe Biden prepares to deliver remarks at the US-Mexico border, some of the topics on his agenda include addressing border…
Kevin McCarthy had hoped to grasp the speaker’s gavel, but a deadlock by ultraconservatives placed it beyond his reach“Well, it’s Groundhog Day – again,” said Congresswoman Kat Cammack of Florida, nominating the Republican leader Kevin McCarthy for spe…
Proposed rules would curtail power of Office of Congressional Ethics just as several Republican members face likely inquiriesHouse Republicans are expected to curtail the power of an independent congressional ethics body just as it was weighing whether…
House adjourns until 8pm ET as Republicans remain deadlockedSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailUS Capitol police officer Michael Fanone, who testified to the January 6 committee, visited McCarthy’s office today to highlight McC…
Republicans push back deadline of electing new speaker to noon on Thursday, after six failed votes in two daysThe House remained paralyzed on Wednesday, after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed for the sixth time to capture the speaker’s gavel as …
New York Democrat was seen speaking with rightwingers, one of whom once tweeted an anime-style video depicting him killing herDuring a succession of votes for House speaker on Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen talking on the House floor with t…
Tom Suozzi, Santos’s forerunner for New York’s third district, says the Republican winner should be ‘removed by Congress’The Democrat who vacated the US House seat won by the controversial Republican George Santos said Congress was letting in “a conman…
Republican is accused of using stolen checkbook and fake name at shop outside Rio de Janeiro in 2008As the fabulist New York Republican representative-elect George Santos prepares to be sworn in on Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors say they are reopening …
Leader of slim Republican majority has been negotiating to secure backing of hardliners but voting could go to multiple roundsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailA crescendo of bipartisan outrage will accompany the swearing in d…
House adjourned until noon tomorrow as McCarthy becomes the first nominee for speaker in 100 years to fail to win the first voteIn a historic delay, the House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, was on Tuesday facing a protracted battle to secure the sp…