Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has avoided an expulsion from his seat in Congress after the House rejected a motion to remove him from the lower chamber, citing the ongoing ethics investigation into the embroiled New York freshman.
The House passed the legislative branch appropriations bill on Wednesday, the sixth appropriations bill it has approved as lawmakers strive to pass all 12 before the Nov. 17 deadline to fund the government.
The House voted down a measure seeking to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), dealing a blow to conservative Republicans who sought to punish the Michigan Democrat over accusations of antisemitic behavior related to comments she made about Israel last month.
Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) will launch an independent commission to investigate the events that led to the mass shooting that killed 18 people and injured another 13 in Lewiston, Maine, last Wednesday.
The impact of artificial intelligence on the job market and high-risk industries was the focus of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) pair of AI insight forums.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) met with Senate Republicans on Wednesday in a lunch that offered hope the conference can work past a divide on funding for Ukraine.
