First Look Ethics report says Santos lied to Election Commission, embezzled funds The House Ethics panel found Nov. 16 that it found “substantial evidence” of conscious lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York. | View caption Hide caption | The House Ethics committee in a scathing report Nov. 16 said it has amassed “overwhelming evidence”…
New House speaker passes first test: Avoid shutdown | View caption Hide caption The Senate is expected to pass the stopgap funding measure – known as a continuing resolution, or CR – well before the Friday night deadline. The measure would extend funding for some parts of the government until Jan. 19, 2024, and the rest until Feb. 2.…
American voters across party lines support more funding to bolster security at the southern border, while support for foreign countries embroiled in conflicts exposes stark partisan divides, according to the latest NBC News national poll. The survey finds roughly 3 in 4 registered voters — 74% — support more funding for security along the U.S.…
In Michigan’s Macomb County, uncertainty over ‘Bidenomics’ | View caption Hide caption Right now, the outlook is not good for Mr. Biden. “Nationwide, and in Michigan as well, there is a divergence between … how people view their own economic standing versus how they feel about the economy as a whole,” says Matt Grossmann, a…
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders are hoping to muster a supplemental package to aid the war efforts in Ukraine and Israel, as well as make improvements to the U.S. immigration system, by the end of the year, according to multiple people involved in discussions. The ambitious timeline would mean striking a deal that satisfies the funding requested…
First Look U.S. Supreme Court agrees to adopt its first code of ethics All nine Supreme Court justices have agreed to adopt a code of conduct, which does not appear to impose any significant new requirements. The code won’t require enforcement, but will codify principles, they say, which have long governed their conduct. | View caption…
New York’s top court will soon decide whether to allow the state’s congressional map to be redrawn for a third time this decade, as Democrats seek to eke out more favorable political boundary lines before the 2024 elections. Democratic lawmakers in the state bungled a gerrymander last year, passing maps that so significantly boosted their…
Abortion boosts Democrats at the polls – again. Will it help Biden? | View caption Hide caption In Virginia, where Democrats made abortion the No. 1 issue in state legislative races, the party won control of both chambers – a blow to GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s potential presidential ambitions. And in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, pro-abortion-rights…
First Look What was Hillary Clinton’s role in Benghazi? It depends whom you ask. What happened during a deadly 2012 assault in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead? Competing reports by Democratic and Republican investigators offer different versions of events. | View caption Hide caption The confusion over the attacks on a diplomatic outpost and…
How Mike Johnson went from ‘who?’ to House speaker | View caption Hide caption For now, at least, some of the right-wing members who sparred with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy over spending and other matters before his historic ouster on Oct. 3 indicated they would give Speaker Johnson the benefit of the doubt as he…