Politics

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joni Ernst choked on food during a closed-door Republican lunch on Thursday and was rescued by fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. Ernst, from Iowa, later said she was okay and confirmed a reporter’s account of the choking episode on X, replying to […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is no longer set to vote Thursday on a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was pulled from the schedule Thursday afternoon, according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer. It’s not clear yet why leadership pulled the resolution. On Wednesday, Greene […]

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the brink of possibly being expelled from Congress, embattled Rep. George Santos defended himself during an hourlong debate on the House floor Thursday. Santos, who is facing his third expulsion vote this year on Friday, debated several lawmakers, including fellow Republicans arguing for his removal, calling him […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If an expulsion vote set for Friday achieves a two-thirds majority, Republican Rep. George Santos would be immediately expelled from the House of Representatives, according to the text of the expulsion resolution. Looking back at the last time a member of Congress was expelled — Ohio Democratic Rep. James Traficant […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal battles continue to mount as oral arguments begin on Thursday in Minnesota, where the state’s Supreme Court will decide whether or not the case to prevent him from appearing on the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment should proceed because of his […]

Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday night he believes there should be a “pause” in the Israel-Gaza conflict to get the hostages out after he was interrupted by a heckler at a campaign fundraiser, according to a pool report from the event. “I think we need a […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Colorado Rep. Ken Buck on Wednesday announced he won’t be seeking reelection and, in a sharply worded statement explaining his decision, he blamed the election denialism that has been embraced by some fellow conservatives in the House. “Too many Republican leaders are lying to America,” Buck said in a video released […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents suggested Wednesday that she would move some of the deadlines in the case, acknowledging that the trial could collide with the trial date set in Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Aileen […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday will weigh two censure resolutions, one of which is against Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her criticism of Israel over its response to the deadly Hamas terror attack. Tlaib last month drew the ire of colleagues, including some Democrats, after she refused to apologize for blaming Israel […]

Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House has scheduled a Wednesday night vote on a Republican-led resolution to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, who maintains his innocence after being indicted on a slew of federal charges. The push to try and oust Santos is coming from fellow GOP lawmakers in the New York delegation, […]