Surprise announcement heightens stakes for spring 2025 election.
Kansas 2nd District Congressman Jake LaTurner announced on Thursday that he would not be a candidate for re-election this year. In a statement issued from his Washington office, LaTurner said it’s time to pursue other opportunities and
Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership, after hardliners reacted with fury to a proposed change to House rules. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote on X. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule...
On Thursday, President Joe Biden took a giant step toward making us safer from gun violence by making it harder for someone who shouldn’t possess a gun to buy one. Next week will mark the 25th anniversary of the deadly massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. The 13 victims murdered that day were killed by two students firing guns lawfully acquired without any background checks. Since Columbine, many other mass shootings have been linked to guns purchased without the benefit of a...
‘Wartime speaker’ indicates he will press forward with aid package, which would force him to rely on Democrats to pass itDefiant and determined, the House speaker, Mike Johnson, pushed back on Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.“I am not resigning,” Johnson said after a testy morning meeting of fellow House Republicans at the Capitol. Continue...
President Biden condemned the “brazen attack” by Iran against Israel, but the White House also confirmed that it’s not trying to escalate the conflict further.
It’s been five months since a freshman student was found unconscious and injured in her Kentucky dorm room. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin will not run for a third term. On Tuesday,
GYM boss Rachel Woolford was crowned winner of The Apprentice last night — and put it down to keeping her mouth shut in front of Lord Alan Sugar. Rachel, 28, landed the mogul’s £250,000 investment
Didier Deschamps has been a revelation as France manager, guiding them to world glory but the European Championship has evaded him so far. Euro 2024 is likely to be the former midfielder’s la
A TESCO store has taken the extreme measure of checking people on camera before they are allowed in because of the shoplifting epidemic. The branch in Bristol keeps the automatic doors closed until