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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans made clear Tuesday they hope to make some major modifications to President Joe Biden’s $106 billion national security funding request that includes aid to Ukraine and Israel. “It’s pretty clear that the supplemental that was sent over is just a starting point,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said at […]
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans’ chaotic speaker battle has left many Democrats saying they’re frustrated yet willing to find solutions for a path forward. But would that include helping a new speaker candidate get enough votes to clinch the top spot? House Majority Whip Tom Emmer won the speaker nomination Tuesday after several […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Eight Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier […]
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former National Security Agency employee pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian agent — but who was actually an undercover FBI employee. Jareh Dalke, 31, pleaded to six counts of attempting to transmit national defense information to a foreign […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday following a superseding indictment earlier this month accusing him of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal. His wife, Nadine Menendez, and the New Jersey businessmen accused of conspiring with […]
Alexandra Hutzler, Selina Wang , and Ben Gittleson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday wouldn’t say publicly whether the U.S. has asked Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to give more time for more hostages to be released and to allow more aid into Gaza. The administration is counseling caution and […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nine Republicans are officially running for speaker after almost three weeks of chaos without a leader in the House. House Republicans will hear from each candidate in a closed-door forum on Monday night. An internal secret-ballot vote will then be held on Tuesday morning, with the goal of selecting a […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday following new charges accusing him of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal. He is expected to plead not guilty. His wife, Nadine Menendez, and three New Jersey […]
