Oct 01 Watch 2:22 News Wrap: McCarthy faces GOP criticism after funding deal averts shutdown In our news wrap Sunday, Florida Rep. Gaetz said he’ll try to remove House Speaker McCarthy from the speaker’s chair after McCarthy turned to Democrats for the votes to avert a government shutdown, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returned to… Continue watching
Sep 29 A last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost a certainty By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Associated Press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open has collapsed. Friday's vote a day before the deadline makes a government shutdown almost certain. Continue reading
Sep 29 WATCH: House lawmakers hold floor debate as government shutdown looms By Stephen Groves, Associated Press With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Continue reading
Sep 22 White House prepares for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding By Josh Boak, Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday the House would return next week to start voting on the latest plan. He has just five days until the Sept. 30 deadline. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office offers bleak reassessment of U.S. economy In our news wrap Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office offered a bleak reassessment of the U.S. economy, a white supremacist was sentenced to life without parole for killing 10 black people in Buffalo last May, the Justice Department closed a… Continue watching
Feb 15 Rep. Matt Gaetz says no charges for him in sex trafficking case By Associated Press Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him. Gaetz, who represents much of the Florida Panhandle, issued a statement through his congressional office that the long-running investigation was over. Continue reading
Aug 23 2022 Florida Primary Election Results By Adriana Gomez Licon, Steve Peoples, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida on Tuesday, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White… Continue reading
May 17 Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges By Michael Balsamo, Mike Schneider, Associated Press Greenberg pleaded guilty to charges including sex trafficking of a minor and admitted he paid at least one underage girl to have sex with him and other men. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 6:27 News Wrap: U.S. to see sharp drop in Johnson & Johnson vaccines over quality control issue In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. will see a sharp drop in deliveries of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week amid quality control concerns at a Baltimore production plant. President Biden released an outline of his… Continue watching
Apr 09 Gaetz hires prominent New York lawyers amid federal probe By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has retained two prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls. Continue reading