Pro-Israel supporters confront pro-Palestine protestors at a rally near the Consulate General of Israel after Hamas attacked Israel in the ongoing conflict in the...
Republican Presidential candidate Chris Christie weighed in on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and the deal between the United States and Iran, calling Iran the “greatest” source of the world’s terrorism. The Biden administration struck a deal with Iran in August, allowing $6 billion in previously frozen assets to return to the...
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 has withdrawn from the race for Speaker, just a day after narrowly winning the nomination in a secret ballot.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...