From laughing to cringing: The most memorable images of three days of House speaker votes and negotiations
Lawmakers have laughed, cringed, appeared frustrated, and huddled in tense negotiation between ballots
US politics
Exiled Venezuela lawmakers chosen to lead anti-Maduro fight
Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female team of exiled former lawmakers to replace the beleaguered Juan Guaidó as the face of its faltering efforts to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro
First woman elected Massachusetts governor sworn in
Maura Healey was sworn in as the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected Massachusetts governor
January 6 officer Michael Fanone warns ‘democracy is still in danger’
The former policeman – who sustained injuries during the US Capitol attack – says January 6 was a ‘wake-up call’Nearly two years after American democracy was nearly derailed by the January 6 insurrection, a survivor of the attack gathered with Democrat…
Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow’s retirement sets up fierce 2024 Senate contest
The vacancy will make Michigan’s Senate seat one of the most competitive in the nation, as Republicans vie for more controlMichigan senator Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Democratic leadership, announced on Thursday that she would not seek re-electio…
McCarthy fails again as House GOP’s speaker chaos drags on for third day
No party in control of the House has failed to elect a speaker on first vote in 100 years
Matt Gaetz votes for Donald Trump for House speaker in seventh round
Gaetz is the lead Republican opposing McCarthy.
US, Turkey sanction alleged Islamic State Group supporters
The U.S. and Turkey worked in coordination to impose sanctions on four people and two firms in Turkey alleged to provide financial support to the Islamic State group
South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down anti-abortion law
State law banning procedure at roughly six weeks is ‘unreasonable’ and unconstitutional, according to ‘monumental’ ruling hailed by southern abortion rights advocates
South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
The South Carolina ban on abortions after cardiac activity is no more after the latest legal challenge to the state’s 2021 law proved successful