Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., defended his decision to flip his vote for House speaker away from Kevin McCarthy in the third round of voting on Tuesday. Donalds defended the move during a Wednesday morning appearance…
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GOP senators urge House to move past ‘family fight’ over speaker election as McCarthy support still uncertain
Republican senators are weighing in on the House of Representatives’ ongoing drama as it works to elect its next speaker, calling it a ‘family fight’ that must be resolved quickly in order for the government…
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that she has appointed the superintendent of the Mitchell School District to be the next Department of Education secretary. Joe Graves will assume his new role on Jan.…
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Biden re-nominates embattled former LA mayor Eric Garcetti despite sexual harassment scandal
President Biden still wants embattled former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the next ambassador to India, despite allegations that Garcetti was an ‘enabler’ of sexual harassment during his time in office. Garcetti was…
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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican congressman-elect who rose to prominence under former President Trump’s wing, went rogue after the former president endorsed GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California for House Speaker.…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. floated a possible ‘coalition government’ in the House of Representatives Tuesday after Republicans failed to elect a new speaker of the House. Ocasio-Cortez, a far-left progressive, raised the possibility that Republican…
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Former President Trump broke his silence on the ongoing election for speaker of the House Wednesday morning, as Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far failed to secure enough votes to become speaker. …
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Rep-elects erroneously share press releases saying they were sworn in hours after failed House Speaker votes
Several freshmen members who were elected to Congress erroneously shared press releases on their official websites that said they were sworn in on Tuesday by the House Speaker, but no such swearing-in ceremonies happened after…
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Republican attorneys general ditch association over alleged liberal bias, financial questions
Republicans are dropping out of a nonprofit organization of state attorneys general that bills itself as nonpartisan over allegations of growing liberal bias and questions over its financial management. Documents from a National Association of…
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Republicans failed three times on Tuesday to elect a House speaker, but they’ll convene the House again at noon Wednesday to try again. Tuesday’s failure marked the first time the House failed on the first…