Politics Dec 20 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Trump threatens government shutdown over debt ceiling Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal.
Politics Dec 20 WATCH: House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase…
Politics Dec 18 House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Politics Dec 13 Pelosi hospitalized on official trip to Luxembourg after she 'sustained an injury' Pelosi, 84, was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Politics Dec 11 WATCH: House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal with Blinken Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the administration’s handling of the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying Democrats struggled to make the best of a…
Politics Dec 10 Trump's pick for intel chief, Tulsi Gabbard, faces questions about 2017 visit to Syria President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill.
Politics Dec 05 House rejects Democrat-led efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz ethics report The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, pushing the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigation of sexual misconduct allegations into further uncertainty.
Politics Nov 22 Matt Gaetz says he won't return to Congress after withdrawing from Trump's AG nomination Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Friday that he will not be returning to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct.
Politics Nov 14 Matt Gaetz was once under investigation for sex trafficking. Now he could lead the Justice Department The federal sex trafficking investigation that began under Attorney General Bill Barr during Donald Trump's first term focused on allegations that Gaetz and a onetime political ally paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex.
Politics Nov 13 Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain House speaker, with full vote to come next year While Johnson has no serious challenger, he faces dissent within his ranks, particularly from hard-right conservatives and the Freedom Caucus withholding their votes as leverage to extract promises ahead.