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Tim Burchett said Kevin McCarthy elbowed him in the kidneys in retaliation for voting to oust him from the speakership.
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Tim Burchett said Kevin McCarthy elbowed him in the kidneys in retaliation for voting to oust him from the speakership.
"We cannot be beholden to the whims and personal grudges of a handful of people," Ohio Rep. Max Miller said.
Republicans have selected Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee to be the next speaker.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was asked multiple times whether he'd seek the speakership again. He repeatedly said it's up to the GOP conference to decide.
The former House speaker said he will run for reelection in 2024.
Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that she had been evicted, and a staffer for Steny Hoyer said he had been kicked out of his hideaway, too.
"The office of speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant," said Rep. Steve Womack, who was presiding over the chamber.
Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a motion to vacate the chair Monday, two days after Speaker Kevin McCarthy relied on Democrats to pass a short-term spending bill and avert a shutdown.
Hours before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for 45 days.
Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown that lacked new funding for Ukraine.
House Republicans' efforts to pass four spending bills would not avert a government shutdown.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible — working furiously to unite House Republicans and pass a conservative bill to keep the federal government open.
"This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public," the speaker said.
President Biden had a tough sell Wednesday, trying to convince voters that the U.S. economy is flourishing.
The House voted to refer an impeachment resolution to two committees amid concerns by some Republicans that the effort was premature.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy huddled yet again as the debt ceiling "X" date nears.
McCarthy said Sunday that he had a "productive" call with Mr. Biden as the president returns from the G-7 conference in Japan.
The sweeping energy package counters virtually all of President Biden's agenda to address climate change.
"I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," Yellen wrote to congressional leaders.
The Florida congressman was nominated for speaker in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of voting.
Northbound lanes of I-25 south of Pueblo finally reopened several hours after a deadly pileup in southern Colorado.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches are expected.
Cheyenne Frontier Days will run from July 17 to 26 and will have more rodeo events, $960,000 rodeo prize money — up from $770,000 — and a new "first Friday rodeo."
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches are expected.
Northbound lanes of I-25 south of Pueblo finally reopened several hours after a deadly pileup in southern Colorado.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Cheyenne Frontier Days will run from July 17 to 26 and will have more rodeo events, $960,000 rodeo prize money — up from $770,000 — and a new "first Friday rodeo."
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
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Colorado Avalanche Information Center is issuing warnings about avalanche conditions in the mountains after recent snowfall could make the snowpack unstable.
High fire danger on the Eastern Plains again Wednesday after a brush fire burned 5,000 acres and prompted evacuations on Tuesday.
Firefighters rushed to burning apartments in Littleton overnight, where one person was injured.
The First Alert Weather Tracker followed snow falling in the high country on Wednesday, a First Alert Weather Day.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe died in Texas at the age of 87.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women's monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games.
Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Germany's Bayer has faced thousands of lawsuits after buying Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
"There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," she told the BBC.
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The Trump administration's new discounted drug platform, TrumpRx, isn't a game-changer for consumers, health care experts said.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
Germany's Bayer has faced thousands of lawsuits after buying Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
IKEA announced on Tuesday that it will open a new location in Fort Collins.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.