Scattered jeers heard as George Santos casts first House speaker vote for Kevin McCarthy
New York Republican sat alone on House floor as weight of scandals persists
US politics
Kevin McCarthy loses second round of voting for House speaker amid GOP defections
Nineteen Republicans vote against his nomination to lead the House
Delta is investigating a pilot for making anti-Pete Buttigieg comments
A pilot in Atlanta blamed the transportation secretary for planes getting grounded in Florida
Don Jr mocked by Adam Kinzinger for selling Bibles on social media
The outgoing GOP congressman encourages pastors and priests to ‘rise up and call this out’
Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at ‘destructionists’ blocking Kevin McCarthy’s House speaker bid
GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw calls conservative dissidents ‘pretty f***ing stupid’
Outgoing Democratic congressman calls successor George Santos a ‘con man’
Newly elected Republican faces backlash over fictions in biography
Rep.-elect George Santos set to be sworn in amid controversy
Embattled U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos is set to be sworn in despite a spiral of investigations from federal and local prosecutors into his campaign spending and lies about his family history, resume and education
Biden to renominate Garcetti, others as new Senate begins
President Joe Biden will start the new Senate session on Tuesday by resubmitting 85 nominations that fell short last year
Trump blaming abortion for midterms flop shows ‘ship is sinking’, insider says
Ex-president says ‘it wasn’t my fault’ Republicans fared poorly in 2022 but political wisdom of citing key rightwing issue questionedDonald Trump’s recent comments about abortion as a political issue show the former president has lost his ability to re…