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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joni Ernst choked on food during a closed-door Republican lunch on Thursday and was rescued by fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. Ernst, from Iowa, later said she was okay and confirmed a reporter’s account of the choking episode on X, replying to […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If an expulsion vote set for Friday achieves a two-thirds majority, Republican Rep. George Santos would be immediately expelled from the House of Representatives, according to the text of the expulsion resolution. Looking back at the last time a member of Congress was expelled — Ohio Democratic Rep. James Traficant […]
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the brink of possibly being expelled from Congress, embattled Rep. George Santos defended himself during an hourlong debate on the House floor Thursday. Santos, who is facing his third expulsion vote this year on Friday, debated several lawmakers, including fellow Republicans arguing for his removal, calling him […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is no longer set to vote Thursday on a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was pulled from the schedule Thursday afternoon, according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer. It’s not clear yet why leadership pulled the resolution. On Wednesday, Greene […]
Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state during the Nixon and Ford administrations who was said to be one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy framers in postwar United States, has died. He was 100. The news was confirmed by Kissinger’s consulting company on […]
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled Rep. George Santos spoke out Thursday ahead of an upcoming vote to expel him from the House of Representatives. Santos, who has been scandal-ridden since arriving in Washington earlier this year and is facing federal charges, called the renewed effort to oust him representative of the “chaos” […]
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday. According to the White House, more than 9.2 million American households connect […]
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will meet this week with high-dollar Republicans to try to cement their support for the newest political action committee supporting his presidential bid, his campaign manager, James Uthmeier, wrote in a memo on Monday morning. Fight Right, Inc. was formed this month to supplement […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution Wednesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking her second effort this month to impeach Mayorkas due to his handling of the southern border. “The Guarantee Clause [of the Constitution] clearly dictates that the federal government has a constitutional duty and obligation to […]