A group of representatives held a candlelight vigil on the Capitol steps for Israel Thursday night. The bipartisan vigil was held by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). “For me, as a member of Congress, as a Jew, as a Zionist, as a human being, this moment of us coming together, whether...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (La.) has withdrawn from the race for Speaker, just a day after narrowly winning the nomination in a secret ballot. Almost immediately it became apparent that he would struggle to get the 217 votes needed on the House floor. Scalise secured the party's nomination Wednesday for Speaker, defeating House Judiciary...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday dropped out of the race for Speaker, just one day after he won the Republican nomination for the role. Scalise narrowly prevailed in a secret ballot internal GOP election on Wednesday, but it was clear almost immediately that he would struggle to get the 217 votes needed...
House Republicans are exploring whether to expand the powers held by Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as the conference looks nowhere near ready to make a final decision on a new Speaker. Frustrated by the stalemate that is preventing the House from doing any business, GOP lawmakers are taken a new look at what...
Dozens of House members signed a letter asking President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to redesignate temporary protected status for Nicaraguans on Wednesday. “We commend the Biden Administration’s decision to re-designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans in the United States,” the letter read. “However, an 18-month extension of TPS for Nicaragua...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the monthly Medicare Part A and B premiums for 2024 on Thursday, with the costs set to go up by 6 percent next year. The premiums would increase by $9.80 from $164.90 to $174.70 in 2024 and the annual deductible for Medicare Part B beneficiaries will...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said officials are “deeply disturbed” by calls for violence in the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel but maintained that there is “no credible” threat to the city at this time. “We know the entire world is horrified by the attacks the terrorist organization Hamas has made...
A recent article in the Intercept portrayed the Pentagon's GAMECHANGER program as an embarrassing admission of bureaucratic ineptitude. That kind of clickbait headline exacerbates the very problem it criticizes. There’s little need for debate about the crushing burden of policy cruft the Department of Defense (DoD) operates under — even the DoD itself has long since ceased being defensive...