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Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The vote to elect a House speaker in the new Congress is in its second day — the first time that has happened in a century — as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to get a majority of votes to wield the gavel. The House can conduct no other business […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is in a second day Wednesday after three failed votes to decide on a speaker Tuesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business — and […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Kevin McCarthy faced Day 2 of his struggle to become House speaker, he got an enthusiastic vote of confidence from Donald Trump. The former president did more than endorse McCarthy for speaker (something he had already done months ago); he warned Republicans that failing to elect McCarthy […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership drama enters a second day Wednesday after three failed votes to decide on a speaker Tuesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business — and members […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership drama enters a second day Wednesday after three failed votes to decide on a speaker Tuesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business — and members […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York congressman-elect George Santos faces another legal complication as he is set to be sworn-in as a member of the House. Prosecutors in Brazil are seeking to renew charges against Santos in relation to a 2008 criminal case, a spokesperson for the Rio de Janeiro prosecutor’s office tells ABC News. […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt one defeat after another on Tuesday but insists he will not back down from his bid to for speaker of the House as the fight spills into a second day. “Is it the day I wanted to have? No,” he told […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — On the heels of last week’s sentencing of two men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says domestic terrorism is “one of the biggest existential threats” facing the United States and urged officials to take action. “We have to be prepared to meet […]
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The abortion drug mifepristone is safe enough that retail pharmacies can provide the drug so long as a certified health care provider prescribes it and if that pharmacy meets certain requirements, according to new rules published Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If pharmacies jump on board, […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The start of the 118th Congress may be remembered for the already historic, and ongoing, vote to elect a new House speaker — which, for the first time in a century, is taking multiple rounds and multiple days. But there were other “firsts” as the members-elect of the House and […]
