Author: Amy B Wang

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Pete Ricketts (R), whose second and final term as governor just ended, will replace former senator Ben Sasse (R), who resigned from his seat earlier this week.

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Porter announced her campaign Tuesday, despite Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) saying she intends to run for reelection.

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Democrats and liberal groups decried the proposed changes, saying they would hobble the way the independent Office of Congressional Ethics functions.

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After Florida Republican Matt Gaetz voted “present” and cost Kevin McCarthy the speakership on the 14th ballot, lawmakers got heated on the House floor.

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For the second day in a row, caucus leader Kevin McCarthy failed on three votes to get enough support to take the gavel.

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Pelosi will relinquish the speaker’s gavel next month, stepping down after two decades in Democratic party leadership. She held her last solo news conference on Thursday.

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Trump has for years refused to make his tax returns public, breaking with modern tradition set by other presidents and presidential candidates.

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Both Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced their support of the legislation in September.

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A Trump-era immigration policy that allowed agents to expel migrants is about to end. That is expected to result in a huge migrant influx and more headaches for U.S. cities along the border.