How McCarthy survived the House chaos to win the speaker’s gavel
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Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election aftermath completes its work
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By Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear another longshot case alleging the 2020 election was fraudulent brought by a Utah man…
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Continue Reading Republican Sen. Ben Sasse resigns to become University of Florida president, opening seat for appointment by Nebraska governor
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined once again on Monday to take up an appeal from a group of Republican-led…
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By Priscilla Alvarez and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, but he did not…
Continue Reading January 8, 2023, updates on Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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Continue Reading January 8, 2023, updates on Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Department of Justice and the FBI, including their “ongoing criminal…
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By Kyung Lah, CNN The young man smiling in the last Bakersfield High School student newspaper for the 1983 school year was captioned —…
Continue Reading January 8, 2023, updates on Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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By Priscilla Alvarez and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, but he did not…
Continue Reading It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a Superman comic under the Constitution for this congressman
By Zoe Sottile, CNN California’s Robert Garcia will be sworn into office with the Constitution — and a priceless vintage Superman comic.…
Continue Reading McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes
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Continue Reading How McCarthy survived the House chaos to win the speaker’s gavel
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Jeremy Herb, CNN Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin…
Continue Reading The House has a speaker. Here’s what comes next
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By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration on Friday announced its largest drawdown yet in US military…
Continue Reading American aid to Ukraine ramps up but House GOP drama causes worry over future military help
By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration on Friday announced its largest drawdown yet in US military…
Continue Reading January 6 rioter who helped kick open door to Capitol sentenced to nearly 4 years on two-year anniversary of attack
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has re-opened her criminal investigation into fake electors who signed a certificate…
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Continue Reading Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders: ‘History will remember your names’
By Phil Mattingly, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday commemorated two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection…
Continue Reading McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker in the early hours of Saturday morning…
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House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new…
Continue Reading House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new…
Continue Reading House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years
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Continue Reading Trump accused in lawsuit of causing wrongful death of Officer Brian Sicknick in US Capitol attack
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By Haley Britzky, CNN The US military introduced new rights on Wednesday for military parents, doubling the amount of leave time for service members…
Continue Reading McCarthy’s stumbles reveal Trump’s diminished influence over GOP
By Gabby Orr, CNN In the weeks since former President Donald Trump launched his third presidential campaign, few political moments have underscored…
Continue Reading McCarthy’s stumbles reveal Trump’s diminished influence over GOP
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Continue Reading Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders: ‘History will remember your names’
By Phil Mattingly, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday commemorated two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Shapiro taps Republican targeted by Trump for top state elections job
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Continue Reading US to send Bradley vehicles to Ukraine as part of new aid package
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The United States will supply Ukraine with Bradley fighting vehicles as part of a new security assistance package to the country…
Continue Reading How the speaker impasse is impacting US national security
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The House’s inability to select a speaker is impacting US national security, Republican and Democratic lawmakers and…
Continue Reading Capitol Police ramp up security ahead of protests planned on two-year anniversary of January 6 insurrection
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Continue Reading South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban struck down by state Supreme Court
By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The South Carolina state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s six-week ban on abortion violates…
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Biden announces new migration programs as he prepares to visit the border on Sunday
By Kevin Liptak and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he is expanding a program to accept up to 30,000 migrants per…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Biden to honor 12 people with Presidential Citizens Medal on two-year anniversary of January 6 insurrection
By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent President Joe Biden on Friday plans to mark the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, insurrection…
Continue Reading The clerk presiding during the speaker vote is no stranger to turbulent times in the House
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By Shania Shelton, CNN Sen. Debbie Stabenow will not seek reelection in 2024, the longtime Michigan Democrat said Thursday, opening up a Senate seat…
Continue Reading House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new…
Continue Reading House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years
By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new…
Continue Reading The lack of a new speaker has ground House business to a halt
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Continue Reading Special counsel Jack Smith gets trove of new documents from local election officials
By Zachary Cohen, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has received a trove of new documents from local election officials in Wisconsin and Nevada who were…
Continue Reading Byron Donalds: Who is the hard-right’s new nominee for speaker?
By Jack Forrest, CNN The far-right of the House Republican Party nominated Rep. Byron Donalds from Florida for speaker as the floor fight over the…
Continue Reading Brazilian clerk allegedly defrauded by George Santos calls him ‘a professional liar’
By Julia Jones, AnneClaire Stapleton, Gregory Krieg, Marcia Reverdosa and Camilo Rocha, CNN A Brazilian former shop clerk allegedly defrauded out of…
Continue Reading A quarter of US service members have been food insecure, new report finds
By Haley Britzky, CNN Just over a quarter of US service members have experienced food insecurity in recent years, according to a new report from the…
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Continue Reading Biden says he intends to visit US-Mexico border during next week’s trip
By Phil Mattingly, Sam Fossum and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he intends to visit the US-Mexico border when he…
Continue Reading FBI, ATF and DC police increase reward for information on pipe bombs found near RNC and DNC headquarters to $500,000
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Washington, DC,…
Continue Reading The lawmaker trying to unite Republicans around McCarthy’s speakership bid
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By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s…
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By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s…
Continue Reading Hakeem Jeffries makes history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Hakeem Jeffries made history as the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress, addressing the 118th Congress for the…
Continue Reading CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies
By Natasha Bertrand Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found inside a single Iranian drone downed in Ukraine last fall,…
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Biden and McConnell show off their bipartisan bonafides in Kentucky
By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum, CNN A rare scene unfolded Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky: President Joe Biden stood alongside Senate…
Continue Reading First on CNN: McCarthy proposes key concessions after House adjourns for second day without electing a speaker
By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN After suffering yet another stinging defeat on Wednesday, in which he lost a sixth…
Continue Reading Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to using stolen checks in Brazil in 2008, documents show
By AnneClaire Stapleton, Julia Vargas Jones and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s…
Continue Reading The lack of a new speaker has ground House business to a halt
By Jack Forrest, CNN House Republicans’ failure to elect a speaker after days of voting has frozen business in the chamber — and some GOP…
Continue Reading Here are the 20 House Republicans who voted against McCarthy for speaker on the third ballot
By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Jessica Dean and Sonnet Swire, CNN Republican leader Kevin McCarthy suffered a third rebuke for speaker…
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Continue Reading Here are the 20 House Republicans who voted against McCarthy for speaker on the third ballot
By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Jessica Dean and Sonnet Swire, CNN Republican leader Kevin McCarthy suffered a third rebuke for speaker…
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Continue Reading Jim Jordan nominated for speaker by conservative hardliners amid GOP infighting for House leadership
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House adjourns after chaotic day without electing a speaker as McCarthy fails to lock down votes
By Clare Foran, Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to…
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Continue Reading House adjourns without a speaker as McCarthy fails to lock down votes
By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives moved to adjourn until Wednesday after Republican…
Continue Reading Kevin McCarthy, the view from home
By Kyung Lah, CNN The young man smiling in the last Bakersfield High School student newspaper for the 1983 school year was captioned —…
Continue Reading Andy Biggs: Meet the long-shot conservative challenger for speaker
By Jack Forrest, CNN Hard-right Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs mounted a long-shot bid against GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday in the race…
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN All eyes are on a number of top House Republicans, including Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, after Tuesday’s…
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Florida Gov. DeSantis begins second term with spotlight on presidential ambitions
By Gregory Krieg and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swore an oath to a second term in office on Tuesday, trumpeting the state under his…
Continue Reading George Santos set to be sworn in to Congress amid mounting scrutiny and condemnation
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Rep.-elect George Santos of New York is scheduled to be sworn in to Congress on Tuesday as he faces mounting scrutiny and…
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Continue Reading House adjourns after chaotic day without electing a speaker as McCarthy fails to lock down votes
By Clare Foran, Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to…
Continue Reading Brazilian authorities intend to revive fraud case against George Santos
By Jack Forrest, CNN Law enforcement officials in Brazil will reinstate fraud charges against Rep.-elect George Santos, the Rio de Janeiro…
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