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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy repeatedly voted down for House speaker role
No progress at all was evident throughout the day.
Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger seen in new mugshot after arriving in Moscow wearing protective helmet
The 28-year-old criminology PhD student landed at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport on Wednesday evening
McCarthy delays next vote until Thursday after six humiliating defeats in Speaker bid
Republicans see little progress after marathon of votes
Matt Gaetz’s demands include a committee to investigate FBI, as he calls McCarthy a ‘desperate guy’
Florida representative one of leaders of faction blocking Kevin McCarthy election as House Speaker
Funeral home operators sentenced over body theft
Two US funeral home operators have been arrested for selling bodies and body parts without consent.
US settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status
A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next four years under…
US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on
As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect
Support for Ukraine, anti-Semitism mural highlighted at ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Edmonton
‘Even some people who had not seen Fiddler before, they saw that connection between the anti-Semitism themes in Fiddler and then seeing the mosaic.’
Times Square knife attack suspect wanted to kill uniformed officers and ‘carry out jihad,’ prosecutors say
19-year-old suspect allegedly yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ before charging at NYPD officers several blocks from New Year’s Eve celebrations