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Print this article Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. WHY HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD IT WITH LIZ CHENEY. On January 25, Republican Representative Dan Newhouse sent out a press release announcing that he had been chosen to serve as one of his partys assistant whips. "Im honored to have been selected," Newhouse said. GOP Whip Steve Scalise, who chose Newhouse, added, "Im very excited to welcome Dan to the Whip Team for the 117th Congress." Twelve days earl...

New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census New population figures released on Monday confirmed that after the latest census, New York would lose a congressional seat, but only by the narrowest of margins. Even with the loss, New York will retain one of the most powerful delegations in Congress, one that includes Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent progressive congresswoman.Credit...Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters...

Mayorkas defends Bidens border policies amid surge of migrant children Nicole Sganga © JOSHUA ROBERTS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Alejandro Mayorkas Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday defended the Biden administrations handling of the surge of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, telling lawmakers that the government is working to expand its capacity to handle the influx of minors. Mayorkas testified before the ...

As our sister publication Townhall reported, “The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would essentially eliminate freelancers and the gig economy. The bill passed 225 to 206. Five Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the act.’ As we have seen so clearly over the past year, it’s less about the letter before your state, and more about who is putting the feed in your trough; and how much. The PRO Act is a clear “gimme” to...

February 20, 2021 Share Jolted by a sweeping hack that may have revealed government and corporate secrets to Russia, U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses and recognizing that an agency created two years ago to protect America’s networks and infrastructure lacks the money, tools and authority to counter such sophisticated threats. The breach, which hijacked widely used software from Texas-based SolarWinds Inc., has exposed the profound vulnerability ...

Two senior House Democrats urged the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday to take steps to prevent the use of aircraft to transport people intent on violently disrupting the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Representative Andy Harris of Maryland triggers alarm with concealed firearm, tries to pass it off to another GOP Congress member

After setting off the machine, Andy Harris was asked to step aside for further screening, then an officer discovered he was carrying the weapon.

GOP lawmaker with gun sets off House chamber metal detector Rep. Andy Harris, R - Md., set off a metal detector outside the House floor on Thursday because he was carrying a concealed weapon, a Capitol official said. (Source: CNN/file) By CNN staff | January 22, 2021 at 8:11 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 5:05 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was blocked from entering the House chamber after setting off a metal detector wh...

FBI Albany: Syracuse man arrested in U.S. Capitol attack FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Trump supporters inside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, after storming barricades. As America’s European allies digested events that rocked Washington, many expressed faith in the strength of U.S. democracy to prevail. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)ERIN SCHAFF/New York TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Supporters of President Donald Trump who swarmed the U.S. Capitol confront Capitol Polic...