Dec 05 The House will vote next week on formalizing its Biden impeachment inquiry, Speaker Johnson says By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Johnson and the Republican leadership team had been contemplating in recent weeks a vote to formalize their monthslong inquiry into the president. The constitutional process has yet to produce any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president. Continue reading
Dec 05 Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house exploded is dead, police say By Matthew Barakat, Ben Finley, Associated Press Police have not publicly identified the person whose actions brought them to the home in Arlington on Monday after firing a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the Bluemont neighborhood. Continue reading
Dec 05 Supreme Court dismisses case that could have limited lawsuits over disability access By Associated Press The Supreme Court has dismissed a case involving a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to learn in advance whether hotel accommodations meet their needs. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America By Matthew Lee, Associated Press In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: Harris vote breaks 32nd Senate tie, making history By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris has set the record for the most Senate tiebreaker votes, topping a nearly 200-year-old mark by casting her 32nd to help confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: Sen. Tommy Tuberville says he's ending his blockade of most military nominations By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as Senate approves hundreds of military promotions By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthlong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. Continue reading
Dec 05 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on taxing foreign income By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a tax on foreign income while leaving questions about a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth for another day. Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus In testimony before a House committee, the university leaders said there was a fine line between protecting free speech and allowing protests, while also combating antisemitism. Continue reading
Dec 05 Biden ramps up fundraising at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg By Darlene Superville, Associated Press In October, Biden and the Democratic National Committee reported raising more than $71 million for his reelection in the three months ending Sept. 30, a sign that donors remained behind him going into the 2024 presidential race. Continue reading