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Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican nominee to be Speaker of the House, said he is winning over lawmakers who previously opposed his nomination.

Jim Jordan feels ‘real good’ about chances of becoming next House speaker

Rep. Jim Jordan and his supporters are working to convince the 50 or so GOP holdouts to vote for him to be the next House speaker.

Jim Jordan working to convince holdouts he should be speaker

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is actively trying to win over 10 holdouts so he can officially be elected speaker.

House Republicans feeling time crunch say they’ll stick with Scalise for now

Rep. Steve Scalise is working to get the 217 votes he needs to be elected speaker, but at least eight Republicans say they won't support him.

Scalise short of the votes he needs to be elected speaker, working on holdouts

A group of New York Republican House lawmakers said they will introduce a bill to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress.

NY Republicans to introduce resolution to expel George Santos from Congress

Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill to give Israel $2 billion for its Iron Dome. Congress' leadership is prioritizing bills for Israel.

House lawmakers want to give Israel additional $2B for Iron Dome

There's strong bipartisan support in Congress for Israel's defense, but not all lawmakers are standing behind the Jewish state.

Israel-Hamas war: Some lawmakers blame Iran, others point at Israel

Millions of federal government employees go without pay during a government shutdown, but members of Congress keep getting a paycheck.

Members of Congress still get paid during government shutdown

The Oversight Committee held its first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden where Democrats tried to subpoena Rudy Giuliani.

Democrats try to subpoena Giuliani at impeachment inquiry hearing

A poll from Monmouth University found that a plurality of Americans would blame Republicans for a government shutdown and prefer compromise.

Poll: More Americans would blame Republicans for government shutdown

New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker called on senior Sen. Bob Menendez to step down while he fights bribery and corruption charges.

NJ Sen. Cory Booker calls on Menendez to resign over bribery charges

Sen. Bob Menendez made his first public remarks since being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges.

Indicted Sen. Menendez says he’ll be exonerated, kept cash in clothes for ’emergencies’

The Pentagon said a government shutdown would have a negative impact on military readiness and its ability to start new programs.

Pentagon explains how government shutdown would impact defense

The Senate voted on three top military officers as Sen. Tommy Tuberville prevents swift passage of 300 nominees.

Senate confirms top military nominees, Tuberville says his hold will continue

No Labels is considering running a major third-party candidate into the 2024 presidential race. Here's how the candidate will be a contender, not a spoiler.

No Labels explains what it will take to run a Trump-Biden challenger

Even after conservatives and moderates reached a compromise on government funding, they still don't have enough votes to pass the bill.

House Republicans pressure holdouts to vote for short-term funding bill

Drug cartels, or transnational criminal organizations, have diversified their businesses and now make money from oil, gas and avocados.

Cartels expand their business beyond drugs to oil and gas — and avocados

Following Romney's announcement, SAN asked younger lawmakers if they think his generation is doing enough to prepare the next generation.

Romney says his generation should step aside. Younger lawmakers react.

The "Appeal to Heaven" flag from the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack was flown at Justice Samuel Alito's vacation home in New Jersey.

Will a WSJ interview change how Supreme Court Justice Alito decides a case?

A whistleblower told Congress that members of the CIA's Covid Discovery Team were paid to change their opinion that pandemic started in a lab.

Whistleblower: CIA officers were paid off to change COVID origins determination

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Nancy Pelosi that opening an impeachment inquiry without a vote makes the process lack legitimacy.

When Pelosi opened impeachment probe without vote, McCarthy questioned ‘legitimacy’

Stanford Law Professor Michael McConnell explains why he believes Donald Trump should not be removed from the presidential ballot.

Constitutional lawyer explains why Trump shouldn’t be removed from ballot

Senate Republicans are warning their House colleagues that their impeachment inquiry must be done by the book and doubt Biden will be removed from office.

Senate Republicans doubt impeachment inquiry will end with Biden’s removal

Every state attorney general in the country is asking Congress to create new laws addressing AI’s ability to create child pornography.

AI can create deepfake child porn. State AGs want Congress to address that.