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“I did ask him to delete it,” the speaker said.

In a post to Truth Social, President Donald Trump called on lawmakers to set aside their divisions over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The House clerk read resignation letters from Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Tuesday afternoon that will officially end the lawmakers’ tenures in the House. The duel resignations come as the two men faced sexual misconduct allegations and efforts from colleagues to have them expelled. Swalwell’s resignation was effective at 2 p.m.; Gonzales’

The trial of the Democratic member of Congress is scheduled to begin on April 20.

Three Republican committee chairs are seeking additional documents from the platform as part of their probe into whether they accepted foreign donations.

The timing is still in flux given other pressing legislative battles in the chamber.

Speaker Mike Johnson has made clear he isn’t going to facilitate changes to the bill.