House Ethics Committee continues Gaetz investigation
By Paula Reid | CNN The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to an ex-girlfriend who was a key witness in the federal investigation into the …
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House Ethics Committee investigating Matt Gaetz has new witnesses
PNJ.com headlines: Here’s what’s in the news on Wednesday, Jan. 24 In today’s headlines we talk about the city’s plan to purchase the historic John A. Gibson building, what’s replacing …
Speaker says he’ll stick to budget deal as shutdown looms
By Lisa Mascaro and Kavinf Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Friday he is sticking with the bipartisan spending deal he struck with the other …
McCarthy denies accusation of elbowing Rep. in the kidney
By Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona | CNN GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him in the back Tuesday morning while Burchett …
House Republicans pick Rep. Emmer as their speaker nominee
By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans picked Rep. Tom Emmer as their nominee for House speaker on Tuesday, as they …
Republicans drop Jim Jordan’s US House speaker bid after third failed vote
Hardline conservative Republican Jim Jordan’s quest to become speaker of the US House of Representatives ended on Friday as his fellow Republicans revoked their support following a third, failed vote …
House Republicans struggle to agree on a speaker
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Farnhoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Increasingly desperate Republicans convened behind closed doors again Friday as the endless search for a House speaker …
GOP appears no closer to picking a new House leader
By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House Republican majority is stuck, one week after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with lawmakers unable to …
Some potential successors to McCarthy are emerging
By Jack Forrest and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | CNN Following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel. …
House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker
By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history. …