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...The US Senate has approved a $95bn national security funding bill including new aid to Ukraine, but the legislation risks languishing in the House of Representatives because of opposition from Donald Trump...
...The bill’s progress in the upper chamber of Congress, which is controlled by Democrats, followed a tumultuous passage of the legislation in the House of Representatives, which is led by Republicans, on Friday...
...at a rally in South Carolina....
...Also on the roster of speakers were some of the most likely candidates to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick, from Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, to Elise Stefanik, a New York congresswoman, to former...
...Some members have backed the temporary speaker, Patrick McHenry, a Republican from North Carolina and chair of the House financial services committee, for the role....
...Thursday’s move to hold a House vote to keep the government open carries risks for House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Republican leader who struck the deal with Schumer....
...Republicans have finally elected a new speaker of the US House of Representatives after weeks of gridlock. Plus, we’re launching a special three-part series about foreign investment in America....
...On Saturday, ahead of a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump called Haley “Birdbrain” — after she had questioned his mental fitness to hold office — and accused the former South Carolina governor of...
...“You are the epitome of white privilege, coming into the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed,” said South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace....
...Trump’s tightening grip on Republican foreign policy risks sinking the bill when it reaches the House of Representatives....
...Parts of the US government are expected to shut down from Sunday after Republican dissidents in the House of Representatives defeated the party’s own stop-gap funding bill in a severe blow to Speaker Kevin...
...Jaime Harrison, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, rushed to his defence on Thursday night with a post on X citing some of Biden’s speeches in Pennsylvania and South Carolina this year, and...
...Mace of South Carolina and Lauren Boebert of Colorado....
...Even if senators are able to cobble together an agreement on more aid to Ukraine, the legislation would still need to pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where Speaker of the House Mike...
...Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first leader in the history of the lower chamber of Congress to be removed from the position....
...“Jim is a fighter, a great spokesman, and has a history of working tirelessly for what he believes,” said Ralph Norman, a Republican from South Carolina....
...The House of Representatives fell silent as Steve Womack, the Republican congressman from Arkansas, read the results of the historic vote: “The office of the Speaker of the House of the United States House...
...Last year, Trump was able to install Mike Johnson, a relatively obscure lawmaker from Louisiana but one of his allies, to be Speaker of the House....
...Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Columbia on Wednesday afternoon to meet Jewish students....
...Gaetz told the House he was introducing a resolution “declaring the office of Speaker of the House of the Representatives to be vacant”....
...Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, told CBS News that while he was committed to backing Ukraine, “the priority for me is America and our borders”....
...primaries in New Hampshire next week and South Carolina next month....
...And there is no daylight,” said Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator who is running in the Republican primary race....
...Haley, who is 51 and also served as the governor of South Carolina, in many ways embodies the traditional establishment of the Republican party, which is fiscally conservative, business friendly, open to...
...Kevin McCarthy has become the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives in history to be removed from the position....
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