Israel-Hamas war ratchets up pressure on Republicans to select House speaker in coming days
Republican lawmakers are under mounting pressure to settle on a candidate to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House…
House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker, the first time in history that the chamber…
Congress and Washington wonder if Biden and McCarthy cut secret Ukraine funding deal
WASHINGTON — Congress and the rest of Washington buzzed Monday over the question of whether President Joe Biden and House…
Biden signs 45-day funding bill to keep government open
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a last-minute spending bill Saturday night averting a government shutdown that would have triggered a…
House Republicans cancel planned recess as government shutdown appears more likely
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders Friday canceled a planned two-week recess as a government shutdown appeared more likely after they…
DOJ says Hunter Biden prosecutor David Weiss can testify to House Judiciary Committee in ‘near term’
The Department of Justice said that David Weiss — the special counsel prosecuting Hunter Biden — in the “near term”…
Republicans grill Merrick Garland on Trump, Hunter Biden in combative House Judiciary hearing
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a full-throated defense of federal law enforcement officers and the Department of Justice…
House GOP pulls key vote to advance stopgap government funding bill
The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by…
Trump Georgia DA rejects House GOP demand for records as ‘unjustified and illegal’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis tore into House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday in a searing letter accusing…
Former Trump aide Peter Navarro guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress
A jury on Thursday convicted former Trump White House trade advisor Peter Navarro of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. Navarro faces…
