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House Republicans are set to make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have insisted for months that they have the grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, they will begin formally making their case to the public and their skeptical colleagues in the Senate. The chairmen of...
House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the...
Senators nix casual clothing as bipartisan resolution sets new dress code for Senate floor
WASHINGTON (AP) — No shorts on the Senate floor. The Senate voted Wednesday evening to reverse an informal guidance issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week that senators could wear what they want when voting or speaking in the chamber. The resolution, passed by...
Race to replace Sen. Mitt Romney heats up as Republican Utah House speaker formally enters race
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Promising to fight against liberal activism in Washington if elected, Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson formally announced Wednesday night that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney, who recently announced he won't run for reelection. ...
Redistricting redux: North Carolina lawmakers to draw again new maps for Congress and themselves
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With a new state budget completed, North Carolina legislators now turn their attention yet again to mapping the state's congressional and General Assembly districts. The House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled hearings this week — the last one...
US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for local businessmen. ...
Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday's...
Calls are mounting for Menendez to resign as Democrats grapple with 'shocking' bribery allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez came under heavy pressure to resign Tuesday as a surging number of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, including fellow New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, urged him to step aside over the federal bribery allegations against him. Around half...
An Abe Lincoln photo made during his 1858 ascendancy has been donated to his museum in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — During his momentous U.S. Senate campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln sat for a photograph after politicking in western Illinois and presented one of the copies to a man severely injured while testing a cannon for Lincoln's campaign rally. ...
Herschel Walker's wife is selling the Atlanta house listed as Republican's residence in Senate run
ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker's wife is seeking to sell the Atlanta house that the football great listed as his residence when he ran for U.S. Senate last year as a Republican. A real estate listin g shows the home, which has three bedrooms and almost 3,000 square feet of living...
