While House Republicans were debating who should be the next speaker nominee behind closed doors Tuesday evening, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R....
While House Republicans were debating who should be the next speaker nominee behind closed doors Tuesday evening, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy said GOP allies should refrain from backing him for the nomination.
“There are two people running in there. I’m not one of them,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill, referring to Representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan as the two nominees. Uncertainty in the House comes amid Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas after the latter launched an invasion on the Jewish state Saturday...Man returns to Wisconsin Capitol with assault rifle and asks to see Gov. Tony Evers, hours after being arrested for bringing gun inside
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