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House Foreign Affairs panel votes to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted along partisan lines to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for refusing to testify on Tuesday about the botched August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. After hours of deliberation, the Republican-led committee voted 26-25, with all Republicans in favor of holding Blinken in contempt of Congress and all Democrats […]

SEC leaders spar at testy House hearing

Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized the agency's operations under Democratic Chairman Gary Gensler, who defended his tenure in a joint address by all five commissioners. SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce, who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Gensler under a second Trump administration, criticized the SEC’s approach […]

Blinken may be held in contempt after House GOP advances measure

Secretary of State Antony Blinken could face charges of contempt of Congress after a key House committee advanced the criminal measure on Tuesday. The House Foreign Affairs Committee has introduced a contempt resolution against Biden's top cabinet members, preparing for a vote by the full House when Congress returns from a six-week recess, marking the […]

Florida man accused of threatening Trump released from house arrest

A Florida man was released from house arrest a week ago after being accused of making death threats on social media against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance. Michael Martin Wiseman, 68, of Jupiter, was arrested in July and released from house arrest on Sept. 17, according to court records. […]

Speaker Johnson says House will not approve ‘Christmas omnibus’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has pledged that the House will not approve a single giant bill for government-wide funding in December, a scenario that conservatives fear, even though a stopgap bill that expires Dec. 20 is expected to pass the House this week. “There will be no Christmas comprehensive bill,” Johnson said at a […]

Nassau County PBA backs Democrat Tom Suozzi’s re-election for House seat

The Nassau County PBA is now focused on supporting Democrat Tom Suozzi in his bid for re-election to the House of Representatives after backing his Republican opponent in a special election earlier this year. The local police union's shift in favor of Suozzi, 61, is seen as an advantage for the moderate, who has faced […]

House Rules Committee nixes vote on short-term spending bill 

The House Rules Committee decided Monday to postpone a vote on a short-term spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, setting up a scenario in which House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) may have to turn to Democrats to pass the controversial legislation. Johnson's three-month continuing resolution, which would keep the government funded through Dec. […]

House GOP swerves around conservative opposition for stopgap spending bill

House Republican leaders changed course on a three-month process for considering government funding bills, abandoning plans to move the bill through the normal process after opposition from some on the right threatened to block it. The stopgap measure, which would currently fund the government through Dec. 20, is expected to be introduced in Congress this […]