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House Speaker vote live updates: McCarthy fails to win on second ballot
On a second ballot, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) once again failed to gain sufficient votes to become House...
Kevin McCarthy scrambles to firm up his speaker bid as vote looms
Comment on this storyCommentHouse Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and his allies have spent the holiday weekend working the phones and...
Nancy Pelosi’s tenure as House speaker, in her own words
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) officially steps back from her leadership position this week after 20 years of guiding House...
A timeline of Pelosi’s career in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced earlier this year she would not seek reelection as the House Democratic caucus’s top...
Proud Boys jury selection slow as people express strong views of the group.
Comment on this storyCommentThe trial of five members of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy, with the defendants...
Chief Justice John Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court leak, controversies
Comment on this storyCommentIt was one of the most controversial terms in Supreme Court history, with the shocking leak of...
The Talented Mr. Santos: A congressman-elect’s unraveling web of deceptions
Comment on this storyCommentThe Republican who won a congressional seat on Long Island before his claims of being a wealthy,...
Barbara Walters, TV’s tireless pursuer of the newsmaker ‘get,’ dies at 93
When Barbara Walters was starting her career as a network TV writer in 1961, she received advice from a prominent...
Mark Meadows not charged in North Carolina for voter fraud
Comment on this storyCommentMark Meadows, who was chief of staff to President Donald Trump, will not be charged for voter...
Settlement over Virginia Beach police shooting of Donovan Thomas in dispute
A lawsuit settlement between the city of Virginia Beach and the family of a Black man killed by police has...
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