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"I just shared with my colleagues that I was withdrawing my name as a candidate that our speaker designee," he told reporters. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives spent hours in closed-door talks on Thursday but failed to resolve divisions that have prevented them from installing Scalise as speaker of the chamber, which has been leaderless for nine days. Scalise, the No.2 House Republican, had secured his party's nomination to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Partys nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives but was short of the 217 votes needed to be elected on the House floor,... -October 12, 2023 at 08:04 pm EDT - MarketScreener

United States President Joe Biden on Friday said he was making a priority of urgently addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, adding he was committed to returning the Americans who had been taken... -October 13, 2023 at 03:34 pm EDT - MarketScreener

(Reuters) - U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign's fundraising numbers in a bid to qualify for financial and logistical support from a Republican Party committee, prosecutors ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a phone call on Tuesday, discussed U.S. military support for Israel following attacks by Hamas gunmen and agreed to speak again in the next few days, the White House said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a military coup in July, to reiterate Washington's support for the African country's democratically elected government, the State Department said in a statement. Blinken told Bazoum that a civilian-led government "presents the best opportunity to ensure that Niger remains a strong partner in security and development in the region," the statement said.

U.S. congressman George Santos has been charged with 23 criminal counts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card... -October 10, 2023 at 05:44 pm EDT - MarketScreener

A 23-count superseding indictment filed in federal court in Central Islip, New York charged the embattled congressman and his former treasurer, Nancy Marks, with falsely telling the Federal Election Commission that their family members had made significant financial contributions. Santos, 35, pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment charging him with defrauding prospective political supporters by laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, and illegally receiving unemployment b...

(Reuters) - U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign's fundraising numbers in a b...

(Reuters) - U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign's fundraising numbers in a b...