Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.) is planning to step down from Congress in April, before the end of his term, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, a move that will narrow Republicans’ already razor-thin majority. Gallagher, who chairs the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, had already said
As many as five gunmen dressed in camouflage clothing opened fire with automatic weapons at people in the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured, video footage from the scene showed. It was not immediately clear how many people had been injured and who the gunmen
Rep. David Trone, the Democratic frontrunner in the battle for Maryland’s open Senate seat, is in hot water for using a racist slur to attack Republicans during a hearing Thursday. Trone used the notorious racist term as he bantered with Office of Budget and Management director Shalanda Young, a black woman, during a House Budget
Sen. Bob Menendez (D. N.J.), who has faced federal charges over his alleged role in a bribery scheme, on Thursday said he will not seek reelection as a Democrat but said he hopes to run as an independent. “I will not file for the Democratic primary this June. I am hopeful that my exoneration will
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the measure to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead of
The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to pass the United States’ resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after Russia and China vetoed the measure, objecting to the resolution’s demand that Hamas release all its remaining hostages as a condition of the ceasefire. The resolution, which Guyana also abstained from voting for, called
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday that Israel is prepared to continue its war against Hamas alone by launching an offensive into Rafah, amid tense relations between the two allies over the six-month-old Gaza conflict. Blinken met one-on-one with Netanyahu in talks aimed at ensuring more food flows