The House adjourned for a brief recess on Wednesday, delaying a vote to elect a new House speaker until Republicans can secure enough support for Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who was chosen as the party’s nominee during a closed-door meeting earlier in the afternoon.
The Supreme Court raised concerns during oral arguments Wednesday that a civil rights group had no direct evidence that racial discrimination occurred in South Carolina’s recent redistricting process, signaling the court could overturn a lower court's decision that had favored the group.
A California federal appeals court is allowing the state’s ban on gun magazines that have more than 10 bullets to remain in effect while the state appeals a lower court’s order striking the measure down.
Former President Donald Trump has shot ahead of President Joe Biden in the battleground state of Pennsylvania by almost 10 percentage points in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election.
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks at a roundtable of Jewish leaders on Wednesday, where he will emphasize the United States's loyalty to Israel following the Hamas attack on Saturday.
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research and ex-girlfriend of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, testified Wednesday that the duo bribed Chinese officials $100 million to regain access to more than $1 billion in frozen cryptocurrency so they could continue their con to cheat investors out of their money.
The United States Coast Guard says it has recovered the remaining debris from the site of the Titan submersible that imploded four months ago while visiting the site of the RMS Titanic shipwreck.
The White House declined to corroborate reports that President Joe Biden will submit a supplemental funding request to Congress linking security aid for both Israel and Ukraine to future aid for Taiwan and additional funding for operations at the southern border.
