Voting

Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, speaks before a third vote to elect a new speaker after he was ousted 17 days ago at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP |…
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Thursday he will not run for reelection in 2024 — but signaled he was not leaving politics entirely."I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be…
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A publisher has sued former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for allegedly "squarely" contradicting a main claim of his own book: that Donald Trump was swindled out of re-election as president in 2020 by widespread ballot fraud.The…
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A political action committee funded largely by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman may be on the brink of launching a primary campaign to oust Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, and Cori Bush, D-Mo, according to the billionaire's longtime political…
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) looks on as the House of Representatives holds a vote on a new Speaker of the House at the US Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesThe House of Representatives on Wednesday…
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U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the latest House Republican nominee for House Speaker, talks to reporters prior to another round of voting for Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 25, 2023.Nathan Howard | ReutersNewly…
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he campaigns on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates from Georgia Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, ahead of their January 5 run-off elections, during a drive-in campaign rally in Atlanta,…
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Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, ending a three-week leadership crisis that has paralyzed Congress.Vice chairman of the House Republican conference and a hard-right…
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U.S. Rep. and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the news media after it was reported that U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) would not seek a third vote to become the next Speaker of the House and instead will back a plan to…
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Rep. Jim Jordan's bid to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives failed Wednesday for the second time in as many days, a devastating blow to the Ohio Republican's viability as a candidate to lead the chamber.Jordan's failure to…
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