• Mon. Oct 2nd, 2023

Democrats weigh McCarthy’s fate as GOP moderates float rules changes to save speaker

CNN  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now…

Challenge to McCarthy’s speakership would be first in over 100 years

CNN  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could make history this week – though likely not in the way he wants. With GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz saying Sunday he will attempt…

Highlights: US averts government shutdown

A government shutdown was prevented after Congress passed a stopgap funding measure ahead of a critical midnight deadline in a whirlwind day on Capitol Hill. President Joe Biden signed the…

Bowman pulls fire alarm in House office building but says it was an accident

CNN  —  Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding…

Gaetz war against McCarthy could leave Dems playing kingmaker

CNN  —  With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch. Gaetz,…

RFK Jr. teases announcement amid speculation he will make independent or third-party run

CNN  —  Environmental lawyer and 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday teased a “major announcement” in upcoming weeks amid speculation he is considering dropping his bid to…

Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90

Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and Sen. Joe Biden in November 1993. Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images President Joe Biden often speaks nostalgically about his time in…

Government shutdown imminent as GOP divisions on full display after late night votes

CNN  —  Divisions among House Republicans were on display Thursday as tensions erupted during a closed-door meeting and later the chamber convened with late night votes as a government shutdown…

Live updates: Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, on Thursday in Washington, DC. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York,…

House Republicans take on Biden as government shutdown looms

CNN  —  Republicans are about to deliver on the driving purpose of their House majority – enacting Donald Trump’s retribution. Trump’s lieutenants will on Thursday formally open an impeachment inquiry…