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Left leaning media outlets did not cover a $40,000 payment to Joe Biden that the House Oversight Committee can be traced directly to China.

Media Miss: Left-leaning news outlets didn’t cover $40k payment to Joe Biden

A man who makes T-shirts that say "Trump too small" went all the way to the Supreme Court hoping to get a trademark approved.

Justices question if ‘Trump too small’ trademark is for free speech or business

Senate Democrats said they plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Robin Arkley and Leonard Leo to obtain information about Supreme Court Justice's free vacations.

Democrats to subpoena billionaires involved in Alito, Thomas vacations

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacted to Biden calling Xi Jinping a dictator by wincing and fidgeting with his fingers.

Secretary of State explains how humanitarian aid is kept from Hamas

Former Vice President Mike Pence dropped out of the presidential primary as candidates work to qualify for the third debate on Nov. 8.

State of the GOP nomination race: Pence drops out; field could narrow again soon

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, announced that he now supports a nationwide assault weapons ban after previously opposing such a measure.

Media Miss: Maine Dem switches stance on assault weapons ban after mass shooting

Republicans are meeting Tuesday morning to choose a new House Speaker nominee and hope to vote on the House floor as soon as Tuesday night.

Republicans meet Tuesday morning to choose new House speaker nominee

Rep. Jim Jordan dropped out of the race for House Speaker Friday. Here's a look at some of the lawmakers who are jumping in.

Jordan out as speaker nominee, Republicans starting from scratch

Rep. Matt Gaetz, and three other Republicans who helped oust Speaker McCarthy, say they're willing to be punished if it helps Jim Jordan.

Gaetz willing to be expelled from Republican conference if it helps Jordan

James Comer and Jim Jordan have issued subpoenas as part of an impeachment inquiry into Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Jim Jordan vows to ‘win this race,’ drops plan to empower temporary speaker

Thousands of protestors shut down Independence Avenue and dozens were arrested inside an office building as senators received a classified briefing.

Pro-Palestinian protestors arrested on Capitol Hill as Senate gets classified Israel briefing

Rep. Jim Jordan lost a vote in a second House speaker ballot Wednesday as lawmakers start to consider alternatives.

GOP unsure of speaker votes, considers expanding temp speaker power

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., will not attend a classified briefing on Israel as pressure builds for him to resign following a new indictment.

Menendez won’t attend classified Israel briefing as many call for his resignation

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said it would be a good idea for the high court to adopt its own code of ethics.

Barrett calls SCOTUS ethics code a ‘good idea,’ senator tells Alito, Thomas to ‘get out of the way’

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

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