A suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and then through Canada before hovering above sensitive locations in the United States, the Pentagon announced.
House Republicans voted on Thursday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her position on the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, prompting outcry from Democrats who argue the decision was politically and racially motivated.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) hit out against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after the New York Democrat accused GOP leaders of hypocrisy for reinstating the Georgia Republican to her committee assignments despite her previous antisemitic comments.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is set to create a bipartisan group of lawmakers tasked with writing an updated code of conduct that outlines expected behavior for the lower chamber, the Republican leader said on Thursday.
The House is set to vote on a pair of bills that would overturn two laws passed by the D.C. Council seeking to overhaul the city’s criminal code and giving noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.
President Joe Biden's classified documents scandal could have been a one-week story, experts say, rather than the dragged-out saga it has become amid a steady drip of revelations.
