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The Trump-DeSANTIs battle could affect the Latino evangelicals.
Hispanic evangelical leaders in Florida have said that they will vote for US President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. Hispanics make up 25% of the population in Florida and 21% of the eligible voters. “There is one party right now that reflects our morals,” Dionny Bez, a Miami pastor who leads a network of…
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If McCarthy does not get 218 votes for speaker, the GOP will be on the verge of collapse.
Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said he has “no restrictions” on who can serve on congressional committees. Reportedly, Greene wants to join the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee which will play a role in GOP-led investigations. Earlier, McCarthy said he’d not restrict Greene’s ability to serve on any committees. The House will…
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Jim Jordan was nominated for speaker by conservatives.
Several Republicans have privately told them that they would be interested in running if Kevin McCarthy drops out of the race for US Speaker of the House, CNN reported. McCarthy would reportedly remove two Democrats from the House Intelligence Committee and one from the Foreign Affairs Committee if he is elected as Speaker.
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge of Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case on US President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The court granted the White House’s request to review lower court orders blocking Biden’s student loan debt relief program. Earlier, the US Supreme Court had denied the White House’s request to review lower court orders…
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Kevin McCarthy won’t condemn GeorgeSantos.
Several Republicans have said they’ll support Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the US House of Representatives when the full House holds a vote on Tuesday. Scott Perry, aPennsylvania Republican, said that McCarthy won’t be able to get the 218 votes he needs until after Tuesday, when he believes Someone will challenge McCarthy to show he…
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House GOP leadership has remained silent while GeorgeSantos faces growing condemnation.
New York Rep.-elect George Santos’ attorney said his client is being “smeard” by the New York Times (NYT) over “defamatory” allegations. “Santos has done absolutely nothing wrong and he’s proud to have been elected,” lawyer Joseph Murray said. “The NYT is trying to portray him in a very negative light,” Murray added. Santos will take…
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The Walker problem was coming a mile away.
US Senator Mitch McConnell became the longest-serving Senate leader in the history when he was re-elected to a record seventh term on Tuesday. The 74-year-old passed the late Mike Mansfield, who was Democratic leader from 1961 to 1977. “I’ve been a defensive coordinator my whole political career,” McConnell said. Earlier, former US President Donald Trump…
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McCarthy is poised to be the House GOP’s next leader.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has agreed to reduce the threshold used to force a floor vote on ousting the speaker during private conversations this week, CNN reported. This comes after Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wants to see the election result before deciding if McCarthy has what it takes to be Speaker of the House.
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Kevin McCarthy was trying to lock down the speakership.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has warned that the party could be “ruined by a small group of members who want to wield power”. “There is no other candidate with his experience and fundraising ability and at the end of the day, the party base will close ranks because nothing happens until you have a…
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The National Archives doesn’t have all of the Trump White House records.
The House Oversight Committee is probing White House’s account of trade practices with the Justice Department over the administration’s response to coronavirus. The committee told the White House that it cannot ensure the identity of personnel who cooperated with its probe on the condition of anonymity will remain protected once the panel dissolves on Tuesday.
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Kevin McCarthy is expected to be the leader of the House GOP.
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy must be removed from his post if he wants to become Speaker of the House. “If you have a majority and you don’t have the votes to win the election, then you have no right to be the Speaker,” she added. The House is…
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President Biden has made federal judge selection a top priority.
The US Supreme Court has confirmed US Vice President Joe Biden’s picks to the circuit court of appeals in Washington DC, with 11 Black women set to sit on the appeals courts, the highest number of Black women on any court since Barack Obama took office. This comes amid Biden’s announcement that he would seek…
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The GOP agenda could be in jeopardy if hardliners didn’t relent in their opposition to speaker’s bid.
US House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy said on Monday that he does not have any restrictions about the committee assignments that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene can serve in the House. Greene had previously said she wants to serve on the House Oversight Committee. Greene had earlier said she will support McCarthy and predicted that he…
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This is how the government works now.
Democrats in the US Senate have said that ex-President Donald Trump’s supporters “aren’t MAGA”, adding that there’s a “large chunk” of Republicans in the House and Senate who aren’t ” MAGA”. “There’s a large chunk of Republicans, perhaps a majority in the House and the Senate who are not MAGA,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer…
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What to think about upcoming House leadership elections.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday said that he has not set any restrictions on the committees he can seat his opposition leader, Democratic Congresswoman-elect Jeff Greene, in. Greene had earlier said that she wants to sit on House Oversight Committee, which will have a major role in GOP investigations in a majority.…
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Kevin McCarthy has a problem, it is unpopular with a historically small majority.
US House majority leader Kevin McCarthy has said that if elected, he would kick Democrats off House Intelligence Committee. This comes after McCarthy’s spokesman said the GOP leader wasn’t involved if these conversations took place and said this is not in any way a part of their strategy for the majority or for his speakership…
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McCarthy was trying to become Speaker as a Republicans Feud.
US House of Representatives Speaker-elect Kevin McCarthy has said that he “will never leave” the position if he’s re-elected. McCarthy, who is currently the Majority Leader, is facing a challenge from two Republicans for his post in the elections. The two Republican members who are challenging him are Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry and Virginia’s Bob Good.
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6 committee argues that John Eastman was unreliable while trying to protect email from investigators.
A US House committee has released a report alleging that former US President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went ahead with efforts to overturn results, leading to the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 last year. The committee is recommending to the DOJ at least four criminal charges…
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There are things to know about Brazil’s election.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula Da Silva, who lost the presidential elections to Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday, has said that he will not accept the outcome of the vote. “Even if Bolsonaro accepted the results, he’d have to accept the result,” Da Silva said. Bolsonaro has called for a referendum on the new electoral…
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Pelosi said that House Democrats are asking for her to consider a leadership bid.
US House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said she would not make a decision on running for the leadership before party’s leadership elections at the end of the month. Pelosi said she wants to see the results of the election first. She had announced last month that she would step down from her leadership post after…
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The story of his mom and 9/11 are under scrutiny in relation to his other lies.
New York Congressman-elect George Santos, who is facing criticism for false claims about his biography, claimed his mother was at the WTC on September 11, 2001 and that the incident played a role in her death, The New York Times reported. He didn’t respond to repeated requests to provide documents or a résumé with dates…
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There is an opposition to Speakership by McCarthy’s supporters.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is “very friendly” with the lawmakers who are opposed to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “I think he deserves the shot…many of them are supporters of mine,” he said. Earlier, McCarthy said that Trump should resign after the January 6 US Capitol attack but Trump said, “He…
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Biden signs the government spending bill.
US President Joe Biden said the government spending package passed by the Senate will help provide “crucial assistance” to Ukraine. “It’ll invest in…medical research, safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery, (Violence Against Women Act) funding – and gets crucial assistance to Ukraine,” Biden tweeted. The spending package is the last bill to be approved before…
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Liberals have been busy not losing.
The Republican Party’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged all Republicans to “get behind” his candidate. “The winning team is the winning team – elections have consequences,” he added. McConnell said that the defeat of Herschel Walker, a Trump-backed candidate for the US Senate in Georgia, “calls into question the viability” of the US…