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The ghosts of Washington’s past are evoked by a holiday spending showdown.
As many as 15 US federal agencies are set to shut down on Friday after the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill. The shutdown will take effect only when a short-term spending bill is passed and signed by President Donald Trump. Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have not reached agreement on how…
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Kevin McCarthy, speaker, bid in danger as he failed to lock down support.
Republican US congressman Andy Biggs has said that he’s not bluffing and will run for the Speaker’s post when the full House votes next month. He added that he won’t be supporting Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has lost 11 consecutive House roll-call votes in his bid to become the Speaker. Biggs secured 31 votes…
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The security forces wrested control of Brazil’s Congress from Bolsonaro supporters.
Thousands of supporters of ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress and other buildings in Braslia on Sunday, calling for the military to take over Brazil’s government. “These people are everything that is abominable in politics, to invade…government headquarters, the headquarters of Congress and the headquarters of Supreme Court like true vandals destroying everything in their…
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This is how your government is working now.
A Republican lawmaker said on Wednesday that he’ll vote for Andy McCarthy to become the next Speaker of US House of Representatives. Ralph Norman, a Republican in South Carolina, said, “I’ll vote forAndy for Speaker, subject to what we’re discussing”. The House will vote on Wednesday on the new speaker, who will replace Nancy Pelosi…
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Kevin McCarthy is attempting to be the next GOP speaker.
Kevin McCarthy, who became the House speaker for the 118th Congress, said that he started working as a congressman to “improve opportunities for all Americans, not to harm workers and small businesses”. The 47-year-old Republican was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 2010. He previously served as the Majority Whip in the…
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Chaos returned to Washington with the new Republican House.
The House of Representatives is set to elect a new Speaker for the first time in nearly three decades after Republicans nominated Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. The vote is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. The incumbent Speaker, Scott Perry, was removed from the post on Tuesday after the conservative Freedom Caucus voted against him.
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Some migrants dropped off at a house on Christmas Eve.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said the city isn’t telling “anyone that New York can accommodate every migrant in the city”, after it declared a state of emergency over an influx of migrants from Latin America. He asked state and federal officials to help the city cope with the influx of migrants. This…
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McCarthy remains an Imperiled Speaker despite his Lobbying.
The US House of Representatives was set to elect the next Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the votes needed to win in three rounds of voting on Tuesday. However, if all the Democrats voted for Jeffries, McCarthy would lose four of the 222 Republicans, but he’d still have a majority…
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Kevin McCarthy was the House speaker.
According to CNN, the first woman elected Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas will be a Republican. Arkansas Lieutenant Governor’s office is one of the highest-ranking offices in the US and is administered by the state’s governor. Democrat Austin Davis will be the first Black lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, CNN projects, winning election on a ticket with…
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The places where abortion is on the ballot this week are listed here.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has said that Congress should pass a bill to ensure that the “robust protections” provided by the 1973 Roe v Wade decision aren’t put at risk. “We need to end these extreme steps in our country,” she added. The US Supreme Court had ruled in 1973 that a woman’s right…
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The Invention of Elise Stefanik was created.
Ex-US President Donald Trump has criticised US Capitol Police officers for defending the Capitol against “armed insurrectionists who tried to overthrow our government” on January 6, 2021. “They’ll be getting no sympathy from me,” said Trump. “This week marks two years since the most violent day of my law enforcement career, when I almost died…
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The first struggle to have a speaker was 100 years ago.
An Arizona Republican, former chairman of House Freedom Caucus, is considering a challenge to Kevin McCarthy, as per a report. Earlier, Norman O’Neill left McCarthy’s office after he said he’d vote for Andy for speaker. Trump often called him ‘My Kevin’ in private and publicly backed McCarthy to lead House Republicans after they lost the…
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Kevin McCarthy is going to get a history lesson.
The US House of Representatives was last held to elect a Speaker in the 1850s, when Republican William Banks was elected speaker after 133 ballots were cast. Banks was defeated by South Carolina’s William Gist, Jr, who argued that a plurality resolution would once again capture the votes of competing factions. Banks became Speaker after…
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Five political trends that could change the world.
US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is being investigated by the House Oversight Committee after it shut down on January 6. The committee will soon send a letter to the Department of Treasury demanding any suspicious bank activity Reports linked to Hunter Biden, a Republican member of the committee said. Hunter Biden is the…
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Will Brazil’s President keep his climate promises?
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing off against ex-President Michel Temer in Sunday’s presidential election, has said that he’ll win outright and avoid a second-round run-off. Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls but has claimed that his country’s voting machines are “vulnerable to tampering”. Brazil has used electronic voting machines since 1996 and never…
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Speaker of the House vote will take place in the near future.
Former US Governor John Kasich tweeted that House Republicans should get together with Democrats to pick a Speaker to “run a coalition government, which will moderate the House and marginalise the extremists”. Kasich added, “A block of House Republicans…should get together with Democrats to pick a Speaker who is not trying to use the House…
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Chaos in congress shows an ominous sign to Wall Street.
US Representative Andy Biggs, who is running as a protest candidate in the Speaker race, has said that US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had said before the November 6 elections that he didn’t see grounds for impeaching any Biden administration officials. Biggs further said that he had also told McCarthy that he didn’t see grounds…
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Two rioters are accused of being involved in the death of a Capitol Police officer.
The US Secret Service has said, “President Donald Trump called his supporters to the Capitol on January 6 to take back their country. We now know that President Trump called his supporters to the Capitol on January 6.” On the day, Trump had called his supporters to tell them they needed to leave the Capitol…
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A judge in West Virginia says it is possible to keep a ban on transschool athletes.
As many as 10,000 students walked out of their schools in Virginia, the US, on Tuesday to protest against Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed policies on transgender students in schools and schools. The protesters claimed the policies will lead to trans students not being able to participate in sports and other activities. Earlier, thousands of students…
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In 2024, voters might get Biden or Trump even if they don’t want them.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called ex-President Donald Trump a “depraved person” as he sought to defuse the tensions between the two over the upcoming elections. Biden said, “I don’t think it’s fair…that people who have spent a lot of time making up lies against you…are walking away from the truth.” He added, “They’re…
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There are five Democratic politicians’ homes or offices shot at in Albuquerque.
The home of New Mexico’s Attorney General Raul Torrez, who was elected as Attorney General, was shot at in the early hours of December 10. This is the fifth shooting that has targeted the homes of Democratic politicians in the past month. In December, formerBernalillo County Commissioner Deborah O’Malley’s house was shot at, while state…
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Michigan’s attorney general opened a criminal investigation into the fake electors for Trump.
Korinda Winkelmann, Lake Township Clerk in US’ Michigan, has said that she turned over tabulator and laptop computer that served as a poll book to an unnamed person who claimed to be an investigator conducting audit of the 2020 election. Winkelmann told investigators she knew she wasn’t supposed to turn over tabulator but that she…
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When American History Turns Into American Mythology is an opinion.
The 2018 US midterm elections saw Republican Party capture control of the House of Representatives and the US Senate. The midterms could turn supporters of election denialism into the new Freedom Caucus, CNN reported. “President Carter was unable to turn back…Republican tide that apparently defeated Democratic candidates for the Senate in over half of the…
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Kevin McCarthy relented in his attempt to get the speakership.
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she will vote for Kevin McCarthy for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. “I believe that this would be an incredibly positive thing,” she added. Greene had earlier said that she would support McCarthy’s bid to become the Speaker of the House if he secures…
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If Trump runs in 2024, the DOJ may consider a special counsel.
The US House Select Committee on January 6, 2021, that’s investigating the riots at the US Capitol in January 2021, said that it wants to avoid ex-President Donald Trump turning his potential testimony into a “circus”. The panel voted on Monday to refer Trump to the Department of Justice on at least four criminal charges.