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One on One: Congressman Keith Self
Republican Congressman Keith Self of McKinney speaks with Jack Fink on the decision to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Republican Congressman Keith Self of McKinney speaks with Jack Fink on the decision to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Attorneys for Texas are asking federal appeals court judges to let the state keep in place a floating barrier to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande.
With the number of border crossings soaring, the administration seemed to reverse its stand on such construction and turned to a Trump-era funding technique.
Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise asked their Republican colleagues to support them for speaker of the House in letters Wednesday.
Two candidates — Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio — have already thrown their hats into the ring.
As student loan repayments restart in October, the Biden administration said 125,000 people with student loans will have their debt erased.
The Army's recruiting improved last fiscal year but still fell short of its goals by about 10,000 enlistments.
The House on Tuesday voted to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy from his position as House speaker. Here's what comes next.
"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.
A deal that included a diversion in connection with a firearms charge and a guilty plea to two misdemeanor tax charges collapsed in court over the summer.
Cuellar's office said three men, two of whom had guns, swarmed the congressman and stole his car.
Former President Donald Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday as the trial in his civil fraud case got underway.
The Supreme Court convenes Monday for a new term that brings cases on free speech, agency power and the Second Amendment.
Former President Donald Trump, sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization were dealt severe penalties in a civil case alleging widespread fraud.
Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown that lacked new funding for Ukraine.
