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Republicans had New Yorkers lead the way in expelling Santos. Will it help them keep the majority?
George Santos is gone from the House, but his name is certain to pop up in key congressional races across New York next year. Democrats are targeting five seats held by first-term Republicans and looking to associate them with their former colleague in the state's congressional delegation as often as they can. The strategy of association was evident as Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York castigated Republicans in comments leading up to Santos' expulsion on Friday.
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Florida Republican chairman won't resign over rape allegation, saying he is innocent
The chair of Florida's Republican Party says he will not resign over a woman's allegation that he raped her, saying in an email to supporters that he is innocent. Christian Ziegler sent the statement to state Republicans on Saturday, saying that he and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, are being targeted because they are “such loud political voices.” DeSantis said last week that while Christian Ziegler is innocent until proven guilty, he should resign to avoid becoming a distraction to their party.
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Donald Trump lashes out at Joe Biden as he denies election fraud allegations
Former President Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of trying to destroy democracy at a campaign stop in Iowa.
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Johnson moves to corral GOP hardliners as tension grows in ranks
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a bone to pick with the new speaker.
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DeSantis on Iowa caucus: ‘We’re going to win’
GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is confident in winning the upcoming Iowa caucus despite former President Trump’s comfortable lead and polls showing former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley surging in the state to tie with the Florida governor. NBC’s Kristen Welker asked DeSantis on “Meet the Press” if he would drop out of the race if…
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Dean Phillips thinks he can beat Biden for the 2024 Democratic nomination. Here's why.
The Minnesota congressman tells Yahoo News he’s "almost certain" Biden would lose to Trump — and that if he "didn't activate now, there would be no other viable candidate."
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Trump's revenge? GOP braces for daily blasts from 'orange Jesus'
His reascension, as nominee or the eventual winner, threatens to spark the same clashes with the Hill GOP that took a heavy toll on the party.
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The Texas GOP voted against a proposed ban on members associating with Nazi sympathizers
The Texas GOP executive committee voted against banning members from associating with Holocaust deniers and Nazi sympathizers, calling the language too vague.
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Harris dashed to Dubai to tackle climate change and war. Each carries high political risks at home
Filling in for President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle a pair of challenges that have flummoxed White Houses for decades: climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the U.N. climate conference, when it was announced that “her excellency Kamala Harris” was taking the stage Saturday for remarks, she was not even in the room. Harris' chair sat unoccupied as world leaders assembled for the panel spoke.
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Pro-DeSantis super PAC hit with more departures, as turmoil among allies intensifies
A pair of key figures at the main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis' presidential bid have left the organization, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as internal squabbles among the Florida governor's allies intensify in the weeks before the first Republican nominating contests. Kristin Davison, the chief executive officer of the Never Back Down super PAC, and Erin Perrine, the communications director, have parted ways with the group, said the sources, who requested anonymity to
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Transcript: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on "Face the Nation," Dec. 3, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, that aired on Dec. 3, 2023.
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Transcript: House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner on "Face the Nation," Dec. 3, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with House Intelligence Committee chair Rep, Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio, that aired on Dec. 3, 2023.
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Transcript: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on "Face the Nation," Dec. 3, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with 2024 Republican presidential hopeful and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that aired on Dec. 3, 2023.
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I've lost confidence in Lloyd Austin, Lindsey Graham says
The South Carolina Republican decries his statements on the Israel-Hamas war.
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OK, sure: Gen Z still thinks George Santos is kind of funny
Post-expulsion from Congress, disgraced former New York Representative George Santos is becoming a Gen Z icon for his dramatic flair and questionable career choices.
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Meet Allison Greenfield, the law clerk driving Trump bonkers at his fraud trial
Donald Trump's attacks on Allison Greenfield, now banned by a gag order, led to a deluge of antisemitic threats against Justice Arthur Engoron's law clerk.
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DeSantis reaches Iowa campaign milestone as Trump turns his focus to Biden
Both GOP presidential candidates held dueling rallies in Iowa Saturday, as Trump tries to pivot to the general election.
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Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, told his supporters on Saturday to "go into" Philadelphia and two other Democratic-run cities to "guard the vote" in 2024, repeating his unfounded claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 as justification for the call to action. Speaking at two events in Iowa, Trump also sought to counter growing concern among Democrats and some Republicans that his potential return to the White House pose
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Florida's Republican chair has denied a woman's rape allegation in a case roiling state politics
The head of the Florida Republican Party, whose wife is a founder of one of the nation’s most prominent conservative groups, has been accused of rape, leading Gov. Ron DeSantis to call for his resignation, roiling the state's conservative politics and creating accusations of hypocrisy from Democrats and LBGTQ+ activists. Police search warrant affidavits obtained by Florida news organizations show that a woman who had been friends with Christian Ziegler for 20 years has accused him of raping her
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‘American icon’: Biden pays tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor
Biden praised O'Connor's dedication to public service and the “bedrock American principle of an independent judiciary."
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Muslim Americans face 'Abandon Biden' dilemma - then who?
Muslim American leaders from six battleground states on Saturday vowed to mobilize their communities against President Joe Biden's reelection over his support of Israel's war in Gaza, but they have yet to settle on an alternative 2024 candidate. The states are among a handful that allowed Biden to win the 2020 election. "We're not supporting (former President Donald) Trump," he said, adding that the Muslim community would decide how to interview other candidates.
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Cheney: Johnson is a ‘collaborator’ in effort to overturn 2020 election
In 2021, as Congress prepared to certify the election results, Johnson urged his colleagues to join him in opposing the results.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he thinks he has the votes to authorize Biden impeachment inquiry
Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday that he thinks House Republicans have the votes to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, insisting that such a move has "become a necessary step."
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US House close to vote on Biden impeachment inquiry, speaker says
After months of Republican investigations, Mike Johnson told Fox he believed GOP conference has enough votes to launch
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Search warrant provides new details of rape accusation against Florida Republican Party chair
Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget are both active in Republican politics in the state.
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A Brief History of House Expulsions: Traitors, Felons and, Now, Santos
With his expulsion from the House of Representatives on Friday, George Santos, R-N.Y., joined a select group of disgraced U.S. politicians consigned to that ignominious fate. In the history of Congress, only 20 members — five representatives and 15 senators — had previously been removed from office by a vote of their peers, according to the Congressional Research Service. The reason for most of the earlier ousters was disloyalty to the United States, specifically for backing the Confederacy over
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Paleoconservative or Moderate? Questions for Staffing the Next GOP White House.
An influential conservative group is using a questionnaire to test the ideology of potential recruits for the next Republican presidential administration — and the questions reveal the extent to which former President Donald Trump has transformed the conservative movement in his image. The questionnaire by the group, the Heritage Foundation, includes questions that suggest it is screening for applicants who want to embrace tariffs, reduce America’s military footprint overseas and remove executiv
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Republicans Insist on Deposing Hunter Biden, Saying Public Hearing Must Wait
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Friday demanded that Hunter Biden, the president’s son, sit for a closed-door deposition in their impeachment inquiry into his father, rejecting his request to testify only in public and suggesting he could face punishment if he did not agree to their terms. In a letter, Reps. James Comer of Kentucky, chair of the Oversight Committee, and Jim Jordan of Ohio, chair of the Judiciary Committee, said they looked forward to Biden appearing publicly “at the appropriat
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The U.S. government can't quit Elon Musk - even amid erratic behavior
Some of Elon Musk's biggest business clients are rethinking their relationship with his tech empire amid a fresh spurt of controversial behavior. Now, so is Congress. Since Musk parroted antisemitic tropes and boosted a debunked conspiracy theory about child sex trafficking, some lawmakers are calling for the federal government to reevaluate its relationship with the tech mogul, whose companies receive billions of dollars in federal contracts. Some lawmakers said they were particularly concerned
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Kevin McCarthy, Who Talks From Notes, Says Biden Is Old Because He Talks From Notes
Photographic evidence reveals that all U.S. presidents, lawmakers and even a 58-year-old former GOP House speaker use notes in meetings.
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Chris Christie may not appear on Republican primary ballot in Maine
The former New Jersey governor fell short of the minimum 2,000 signatures needed from Maine voters to qualify for the state's Republican presidential primary.
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Trump Claims Biden Is Prosecuting His Top Foe. So How Come Nikki Haley Isn't In Jail Yet?
Haley, not the coup-attempting former president, would be the toughest opponent for Biden, recent polling shows.
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No good answers for Biden as voters recoil over border crossings
President Joe Biden finds himself searching for answers on immigration as voters raise concerns over border crossings ahead of the 2024 election.
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‘There’s no limit’: one congressman’s solitary crusade to rein in sports betting
Democrat Paul Tonko is pushing to halt a ‘public health crisis’ from engulfing the country – starting with a nationwide ban on ads
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US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
The United States committed Saturday to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit that's a huge factor in global warming. U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry announced that America was joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which means the Biden Administration commits to building no new coal plants and phasing out existing plants. No date was given for when the existing plants would have to go, but other Biden regulatory actions and international
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US targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants generated by the oil and gas industry, promote use of cutting-edge methane detection technologies and deliver significant public health benefits in the for
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Biden administration looks to 'turbocharge' climate action with methane leak rules
The Biden administration on Saturday announced finalized standards to limit the amount of methane that oil and gas companies can leak into the atmosphere, saying the move will “turbocharge” climate action in the U.S.
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DeSantis marks Iowa milestone as caucuses near. Trump says his rival's campaign is in deep trouble
Ron DeSantis completed his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties, crossing a symbolic but also tactical threshold by telling his audience in a central Iowa town “this should show you that I consider myself a servant, not a ruler.” Former President Donald Trump, who still remains far ahead of DeSantis, mocked him at a larger rally about 100 miles away on Saturday and said the Florida governor's campaign was falling “like a very seriously wounded bird.” In that way, the Florida go
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Judge rejects Trump's motion to dismiss 2020 election interference case
Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot be shielded from criminal prosecution after leaving office for alleged conduct during his time in office.
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Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution
Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican's bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision amounts to a sharp rejection to challenges the Trump defense team had raised to the four-count indictment in advance of a trial expected to center on the Republican's multi-pronged efforts to undo the elect
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Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, rejecting his bid to toss out the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith accusing him of unlawfully trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no legal basis for concluding that presidents cannot face criminal charges once they are no longer in office. Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to
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George Santos Is Gone. Now Comes The Fight To Succeed Him.
The special election for the New York Republican's still-warm congressional seat has major implications for 2024.
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Court orders Texas to move floating buoy barrier that drew backlash from Mexico
Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, dealing a blow to one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires Texas to stop any work on the roughly 1,000-foot (300-meter) barrier and move it to the riverbank. The order sided with a lower court decision in September that Abbott called “
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House votes to expel indicted Rep. George Santos from Congress
If he is ousted, the New York Republican would become just the third lawmaker since the Civil War to be expelled from the House of Representatives.
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House Staffer Swiftly Changes Locks On George Santos' Office
The New York Republican was finally expelled from the chamber after a brief and scandalous tenure.
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What potential asylum changes could actually mean for migrants
An asylum lawyer breaks down the border restrictions being debated in Congress
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George Santos fabrications and controversy: A timeline
A timeline of Republican Rep. George Santos' lies about his resume and other allegations that first landed him in hot water in his first days in Congress.
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