Trump reclaims influence of GOP as Republicans fall in line behind Johnson
The House speaker vote was a litmus test of President-elect Trump's ability to unify a fractious Republican Party.
House Votes to Make It Harder to Remove Speaker in Approving New Rules
The package also formally disbands the Diversity and Inclusion Office and restores gendered language to the House rules. A rules package that will make it harder to remove the House speaker was passed in the chamber along party lines on Jan. 3. The 215–209 vote happened hours after Republicans handed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) the
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 veterans of Vietnam and Korean Wars
Richard Cavazos’ name is already recognized across the U.S. Army. He forged a path through service in Korea and Vietnam to become the first Hispanic four-star general, leading to a legacy that included the renaming of Texas’ Fort Hood for him. It’s now Fort Cavazos. But on Friday, he finally received the nation’s highest military
Jeffries claims ‘no election deniers’ among Dems despite 2016 ‘illegitimate’ remarks when Trump won
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who previously claimed that the 2016 presidential election was "illegitimate," told lawmakers that there are "no election deniers" in the Democratic Party.
An Indian Entrepreneur Takes PayPal to Court Over A ‘Minority-Focused’ Investment Program That Didn’t Include Asians
On June 11, 2020, PayPal launched a $530 million program to invest in “minority-focused investment funds” and “address economic inequality.” One of the first people to inquire about the program was Nisha Desai, the CEO of Andav Capital. Born to Indian immigrants who had been expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin’s ethnic cleansing, Desai launched
Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden’s signature
President Biden on Monday is expected to sign into law legislation extending full Social Security benefits to nearly 3 million U.S. retirees, according to advocates for the measure. Decades in the making, the Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate two federal policies that prevent former police officers, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and others with a
Mike Johnson re-elected speaker: Here were the top three moments of the dramatic vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon.