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judges order that he testify in the probe. laura jarrett will be joining us shortly with her reporting on that. first as we come on the air, we are watching history house speaker kevin mccarthy is meeting right now with taiwans president ing-wen, the first meeting since 1979 when the u.s. ended diplomatic negotiations with taiwan in a deal to establish a relationship with china. they are expected to deliver a joint address at any moment. were going to bring that to you as soon as it ge...

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), who’s refused to go along with the party’s more hardline leanings, says he will leave Congress in a week.

As part of an anti-abortion rights effort, Republicans pushed through a bill laying out criminal penalties for doctors who fail to resuscitate babies born after an attempted abortion.

Republicans pushed through a measure to create a powerful new committee to scrutinize what they have charged is an effort by the government to target and silence conservatives.

House Republicans are preparing a cascade of investigations, some overlapping, into the Biden administration and its policies. Right-wing lawmakers have said the ultimate goal is to impeach the president.

The rules package Republicans pushed through on Monday allows a single lawmaker to force a vote on “vacating” the speaker’s chair.

The New York Times took advantage of the Republican kerfuffle around the days of voting it took to install House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, to wedge in as many scary “far-right” style labels and frantic messaging as it could throughout several days of intense coverage.

Some rank-and-file Republicans balked at a package of proposed changes to House rules that would enshrine concessions the speaker made to win support from ultraconservative members.

Republicans plan to create a special subcommittee, led by a Trump ally, with a mandate to scrutinize open criminal investigations and classified intelligence.

History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and legislative instability, not less.