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Rep. Chip Roy slammed by fellow Republican over ‘undecided’ House speaker vote: ‘Fighting to keep his brand marketable’

As House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to retain his role, Rep. Derrick Van Orden targeted fellow Republican Rep. Chip Roy, who has indicated that he is “undecided” on whether he’ll vote for Johnson.

January 2, 2025

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GOP demands Senate confirm Trump national security team ‘as soon as possible’ after New Year’s Day attacks

Republicans are demanding that the Senate confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s national security picks “as soon as possible” after the deadly New Orleans terror attack and potential terror act in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

January 2, 2025

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Trump posts stately photo vowing he’ll be ‘back in 18 days’ after New Year’s Day attacks

President-elect Donald Trump posted a stately photo of himself and a top adviser on Thursday, vowing he’ll be “back in 18 days,” amid a deadly terror attack and another possible terror act carried out on New Year’s Day.

January 2, 2025

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Republicans look to defang motion to oust House speaker in new rules package

House GOP leadership is angling to diminish the motion used to oust a speaker in order to avoid a repeat of the mutiny against Kevin McCarthy that crippled the lower chamber for some three weeks in late 2023.

January 2, 2025

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Police arrest man ‘driving along the sidewalk’ near US Capitol

Police arrested a man “driving along the sidewalk” near the US Capitol before 10 a.m. on Thursday, one day after a driver mowed down New Year’s Eve revelers in a terror attack that left 15 dead in New Orleans.

January 2, 2025

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Trump says US is a ‘laughing stock’ after deadly New Orleans terror attack, Tesla Cybertruck explosion

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday ripped the US as a “disaster” and global “laughing stock” in the wake the deadly New Orleans terror attack and Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside his Las Vegas hotel.

January 2, 2025

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Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal

Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes.

January 2, 2025

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Biden is giving the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel — Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the US’ second highest civilian medal

Cheney, who was a Republican representative from Wyoming, and Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, led the House committee that probed the insurrection.

January 2, 2025

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Investigators Search for Links Between New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Blast

The two episodes have superficial similarities, including that both suspects used the same car rental app.

January 1, 2025

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