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House Of Representatives Adopts New Rules For Speaker Removal

New House rules for the 119th Congress spark controversy over speaker removal threshold and procedural changes.

Top News · Jan 3, 2025

Republicans re-elect Mike Johnson as US House speaker in nail-biting vote

The US has opened the 119th Congress with a vote for the speakership in its lower chamber, the House of Representatives.

Al Jazeera · Jan 3, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson Likely To Lose First House Speaker Vote

House of Representatives faces crucial vote for House speaker with potential leadership implications.

Top News · Jan 3, 2025

US President Biden awards presidential medal to Trump critic Liz Cheney

A total of 20 recipients were honoured, including two who had investigated the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021.

Al Jazeera · Jan 2, 2025

Aggregate Two-Party House of Representatives Vote Was 51.36% Republican, Yielding 50.57% of House Seats

The 51.36% fraction is of the voters who voted either Democrat or Republican.

Reason · Dec 30, 2024

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash

President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill.

Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2024

Parliament blaze and a deadlock: Why is Liberia in a political crisis?

Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?

Al Jazeera · Dec 26, 2024

Illegal drugs and sex with a minor: All the allegations against Matt Gaetz revealed in explosive report

A bombshell ethics investigation alleges Matt Gaetz paid for sex with a high schooler, used cocaine and ecstasy, and abused the power of his office. He denies wrongdoing. Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024

Republican congresswoman living in care facility after she was found wandering ‘confused’

Kay Granger, the current congresswoman representing Tarrant County in Texas, now lives full-time at an assisted living facility

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2024

‘Confused’ congresswoman tracked to nursing home shines spotlight on troubling aging issues facing lawmakers

Washington showed its gray hair in 2024. More reckonings are likely on the horizon

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2024