Familiar fractures in the House Republican conference appeared when lawmakers revolted against a spending bill less than 24 hours after Speaker Mike Johnson advanced a stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown.

A group of House Democrats wrote a letter Tuesday urging their colleagues to address high rental costs in its government spending package. Democrats of the Congressional Renters Caucus, led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (Calif.), penned the letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), saying that the House GOP’s reliance on continuing resolutions...

Former President Trump labeled Kim Kardashian the “most overrated celebrity” in his latest social media post fuming over a newly released book released about the former president. Trump took aim at ABC’s Jonathan Karl’s book, “Tired of Winning,” for saying that the former president asked the reality TV star to use her celebrity status to...

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Amazon is pulling seven eyedrop products from its online retail website following a warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that told the company the products are not FDA-approved. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy dated Nov. 13, the FDA said the products are "especially concerning from a public health perspective," and...

Republican White House candidate Nikki Haley is making a final push to overtake Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in Iowa before the Hawkeye State’s caucus kicks off the party’s presidential nominating cycle in January. DeSantis has long been considered the party’s top challenger to former President Trump, who has held on to a significant lead...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water supplying the city of Buffalo with drinking water. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court by Attorney General Letitia James, accuses the company and...

The House is bracing for the long-awaited Ethics Committee report into embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), which some lawmakers expect will be damning — and potentially the final straw for the New York Republican’s radioactive run in Congress. The committee last month said it would announce its “next course of action” in the probe on...

President Biden is slated to hold a press conference Wednesday evening, following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC), as The Hill reported. Biden went into the meeting with some key goals, including resuming direct military-to-military lines of communication as a way to lower the temperature between Washington...