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Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday cleared a key procedural hurdle in passing foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, despite dozens of Republican defections, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson avoid a stinging defeat. Soon after, a third Republican said he would join a threatened move to oust him. The chamber […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday voted to reauthorize a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. In a 273 to 147 vote, lawmakers renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on April 19, through 2026. It won’t head to the Senate right […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A key procedural vote on a bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act failed on the House floor on Wednesday, another sign of Republican infighting under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. Nineteen Republicans broke ranks with party leadership and voted against the measure, despite urging from Johnson […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is back in session Tuesday after a two-week-long Easter recess, and Speaker Mike Johnson is returning with his speakership under threat after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just months after he ascended to the position. The Georgia Republican […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans introduced legislation to rename an airport outside of Washington, D.C., after former President Donald Trump, a group of House Democrats are now proposing a bill to rename a federal prison in Miami after Trump. The legislation, which would rename the Miami Federal Correctional Institution in Florida as […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is going on the offense in an effort to save his speakership after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just months after he ascended to the position. The motion to vacate, which was raised just before the chamber broke for […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Thursday officially invited President Joe Biden to testify before the panel as part of a Republican-led impeachment inquiry into allegations that Biden used his office to participate in and profit from his family’s foreign business dealings — which he has adamantly denied. The […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package, the first in a series of steps that need to be taken to avert a partial government shutdown before a deadline at midnight Friday. The bills passed in a 286-134 vote despite pushback from far-right members of the Republican caucus. More […]
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. organ transplant system — the latest scrutiny of the system following reports from the Senate and whistleblowers alleging its failures and mismanagement. The move by the committee aims to “ensure successful […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S. If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok before app stores would start prohibiting access. The final […]
