House Republican dysfunction couldn’t come at a worse time
The nation’s government is paralyzed — and it’s hard to imagine a worse time. The good news is that for the third time at least 20 brave Republicans combined with …
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Jim Jordan Drops Bid For House Speaker
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) dropped his bid to become the 56th speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday following a vote by his Republican colleagues. Republicans voted …
Donald Trump spends millions in donor cash on lawyers
By Richard Lardner, Trenton Daniel and Aaron Kessler | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens …
Trump says he would ban Gaza refugees from the US
By Thomas Beaumont and Jill Colvin | Associated Press CLIVE, Iowa — Doubling down on the hard-line immigration policies that have long animated his base, former President Donald Trump on …
Ukraine And Israel’s Horrific Bond: Republicans Pick A Side
WASHINGTON — In Ukraine, a pregnant rape victim begged her Russian attackers to spare her. After they did not, she miscarried a few days later. In Israel, a survivor of …
GOP opposition hardens against Scalise, speaker bid in peril
By Jeremy Herb, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot | CNN Majority Leader Steve Scalise is scrambling to salvage his House speaker bid in the face of an entrenched …
Voting begins in Ohio with abortion rights on the line
By Julie Carr Smyth | Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — In-person voting for a November ballot measure over abortion rights began Wednesday in Ohio, the latest state where voters will …
How third-party candidates could threaten GOP, Dems in 2024
By Steve Peoples | Associated Press NEW YORK — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied Democratic dynasty, launched an independent presidential bid on …
Ousted McCarthy positions himself as leader of riven GOP
By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans have no clear idea who to elect U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress and …
McCarthy denies report he is stepping down from Congress
By Melanie Zanona, Pamela Brown and Heley Talbot | CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is denying reports that he is expected to step down from Congress before the end …