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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decided against a push to adjourn the House as he struggles to lock down the votes to become speaker.

FBI officials are raising the reward for information on the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., in January 2021 to $500,000.

Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday that his office would be launching a state civil rights investigation against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County.

A mammoth expert claims nearly 500,000 tusks were dumped in the East River in New York City decades ago and that they still may be at the bottom of the body of water to this day.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the D.C. Council’s bill to overhaul the city’s criminal code, arguing several of the provisions that seek to reduce penalties for some crimes would send “the wrong message” and overwhelm the district’s court system.

Republicans are slinging mud at each other as factions try to sway support to or from Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), with pro-McCarthy Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) calling anti-McCarthy detractor Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) a "political D-Lister."

South Carolina residents have time to file their 2021 taxes to receive a rebate of up to $800 within the first quarter of 2023.

Progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) dangled the prospects of a "coalition government" breaking the GOP standstill in the House.

Supplemental Security Income payments worth $914 are scheduled to go out to recipients on Feb. 1.

President Joe Biden weighed in on the chaos over choosing a new House speaker before departing for Kentucky Wednesday morning, saying the process was "embarrassing" for the United States.