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Steve Scalise wins House GOP speaker nomination
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans voted 113-99 Wednesday to nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise for speaker of the House, defeating Judiciary Committee Chairman Ji...
Oct 11, 2023
House Republicans face day of uncertainty as speaker vote looms
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans scrambled Tuesday to coalesce behind a speaker candidate one day before their party vote, questioning Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Steve Scalise ...
Oct 11, 2023
Federal prosecutors file new charges against Rep. George Santos
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Federal prosecutors on Long Island, New York filed new criminal charges against Rep. George Santos on Tuesday, accusing him of stealing peopl...
Oct 11, 2023
Former NY Rep. Tom Suozzi launches bid to get his old seat back and beat George Santos
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former New York Rep. Tom Suozzi announced on Tuesday that he's running to win back the seat he left earlier this year -- which is now held ...
Oct 11, 2023
Citing Trump's social posts, special counsel asks for juror protections election interference case
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith's team is urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal election interference case to implement protections for potential juror...
Oct 11, 2023
Biden says US death toll rising in Israel, confirms Americans taken hostage
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Fourteen Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, and he confirmed more are among those bei...
Oct 10, 2023
Kari Lake set to announce Arizona Senate campaign after narrow gubernatorial loss
ABC News(PHOENIX) -- Republican Kari Lake, a popular former local news anchor, self-described "MAGA Mama Bear" and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, will launch a campaign for the U.S. Se...
Oct 10, 2023
Did Iran direct the Hamas attacks on Israel? Both US and Israel say no hard evidence
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With its barrage of coordinated attacks against Israel over the weekend, Hamas shocked much of the world on a variety of levels -- the horrific images of violenc...
Oct 10, 2023
First to ABC: Leading LGBTQ+ groups endorse Biden for reelection
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Equality PAC, three of the nation's leading LGBTQ+ organizations, en...
Oct 10, 2023
Biden gave 'voluntary interview' to special counsel investigating his handling of classified docs
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has been interviewed by the independent prosecutor's team investigating his handling of classified documents while out of off...
Oct 10, 2023
