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David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was recently appointed to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein, a decision that removes one potential candidate from an already crowded field, she said in a statement on […]
Mark Newman/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — In February, Nevada Republican voters are expected to be able to choose from two entirely different ballots for the 2024 presidential nomination. On one — for the caucus held by the Nevada Republican Party on Feb. 8 — will be former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman and […]
400tmax/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesn’t fund it by December — an increasingly likely possibility as Republicans on Capitol Hill struggle to select a speaker. The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at the Department of Homeland Security, […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will address the nation in prime time on Thursday, fresh off a wartime visit to Israel, a high-stakes test of his personal diplomacy and U.S. world leadership in a crisis. Speaking from the Oval Office, Biden will make the case to Americans that it’s vital to […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jordan is expected to soon tell his GOP colleagues that he won’t hold a third vote for the role of speaker and instead will throw his weight behind expanding powers for the Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, sources tell ABC News. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump […]
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jordan is expected to soon tell his GOP colleagues that he won’t hold a third vote for the role of speaker and instead will throw his weight behind expanding powers for the Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, sources tell ABC News. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump […]
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Wednesday’s failed speaker vote, Rep. Jim Jordan remained defiant, and insisted he still had a path to win the speaker’s gavel even after losing more votes than the day before. “We’re gonna keep talking to members. Speaker McCarthy had like a two-month runway from when […]
Miriam Alster/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will address to the nation Thursday to update Americans on the U.S. response to the Hamas attacks, the White House said. The 8 p.m. ET Oval Office speech comes a day after Biden’s high-stakes visit to Israel where he pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moderate House Republicans and institutionalists coalesced this week as the key opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan’s ascent to speaker. It’s the latest twist to what has become a weekslong fight among conservatives over who will lead the chamber and lift the paralysis over half of Congress. The dynamic confronting Jordan, the […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While senators on both side of the aisle are eager to confirm a nominee to serve as ambassador to Israel, Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday questioned whether President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the vacant post, Jack Lew, is the right man for the job at a […]
