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House panel obtains texts allegedly showing Gaetz setting up 2017 Florida Keys trip with woman his associate paid for sex: Sources
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz asked a young woman, who at the [Read More…]

Democrats win another special election, and four more takeaways from New York’s House race
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Tom Suozzi will win back his old House seat in Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, ABC News projects — extending his party’s largely [Read More…]

House Republicans impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas in historic, controversial vote
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about security during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Why 22 Senate Republicans defied Trump and voted for aid to Ukraine
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Early Tuesday morning, 22 Senate Republicans defied Donald Trump and voted with Democrats to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package — most of it for Ukraine and Israel. The [Read More…]

Haley hammers Trump’s comments about her husband, serving overseas, as he mocks her ‘dying’ campaign
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at the Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. [Read More…]

Biden critic who once worked with Hunter tells lawmakers Joe Biden was ‘enabler’ of son’s overseas business
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A onetime business associate of Hunter Biden, who has become a critic of the Biden family, testified before lawmakers Tuesday, reiterating claims he made during the 2020 election that Joe [Read More…]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin leaves hospital for 3rd time in two months
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier in the week, the [Read More…]

Senate passes $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel — with tough path ahead in House
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday — with more than 20 Republicans defying former President Donald Trump who fervently spoke [Read More…]

Senate passes aid bill for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, setting up a showdown in the House of Representatives where Republican [Read More…]

House Republicans, with Scalise returning, to try again to impeach Mayorkas
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about security during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

What to know about New York’s closely watched House race
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York’s 3rd Congressional District is hosting the first closely watched contest of 2024, with political experts saying that the results of Tuesday’s special election could offer some early signs [Read More…]

Trump endorses daughter-in-law Lara Trump for RNC co-chair
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks alongside Eric and Lara Trump during his primary night rally at the Sheraton on Jan. 23, 2024 in Nashua, N.H. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

House Republicans seek testimony as well as transcripts from Biden special counsel: Sources
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON0 — House Republicans will seek testimony from special counsel Robert Hur in addition to requests made Monday for documents, including transcripts and audio recordings, stemming from Hur’s report [Read More…]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancels overseas trip following hospitalization
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels this week following his hospitalization due to “an emergent bladder issue,” a U.S. defense official said Monday. The Pentagon had [Read More…]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancels overseas trip following hospitalization
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels this week following his hospitalization due to “an emergent bladder issue,” a U.S. defense official said Monday. The Pentagon had [Read More…]

Haley launches new ad on Trump’s past comments about veterans after attack on husband
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican candidate Nikki Haley on Monday released a new digital ad attack against rival and former President Donald Trump, reviving his past comments mocking military veterans. The digital spot, [Read More…]

Trump arrives for hearing in classified docs case being held in special secure facility
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has arrived for a hearing Monday in his classified documents case that is being held in a special secure facility due to the sensitive nature [Read More…]

Haley launches new ad on Trump’s past comments about veterans after attack on husband
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican candidate Nikki Haley on Monday released a new digital ad attack against rival and former President Donald Trump, reviving his past comments mocking military veterans. The digital spot, [Read More…]

RFK Jr. super PAC reboots vintage JFK ad for Super Bowl commercial
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American Values 2024, the super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid, aired an ad during Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday night rebooting a commercial aired [Read More…]

Georgia’s GOP governor says Trump shouldn’t get presidential immunity: ‘No one is above the law’
Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Sunday pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s argument that he should be granted legal immunity for his actions while he was in the [Read More…]