Republicans are now in control of the House of Representatives, but Congress is still as divided as ever. CBS2's Nick Caloway sat down with New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who says that political differences should not get in the way of getting things done.
Former State Rep. Jason Fischer says he was shocked and saddened to find hateful flyer outside of his Mandarin home Sunday morning.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/SD State SenatePIERRE, South Dakota—The state legislature has been consumed by a bizarre scandal after a lawmaker allegedly stepped way over the line and gave a staffer unsolicited advice on COVID vaccines and breast-feeding, including a suggestion that she suckle her husband.State Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller, a Republican from Rapid City, was suspended from her committee assignments last week and stripped of the ability to vote after the i
The Republican-led Florida House's new dress code drew ire from the newspaper's editorial board.
Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by Republican State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst in November 2022, will effectively prevent people with ties to four countries — China, Russia, North Korea and Iran — from purchasing Texas property or real estate if passed.
The House this week approved the full roster of lawmakers named to the Oversight and Judiciary Committees, the front lines of probes into the Biden administration.
Florida Republicans introduced a constitutional carry bill on Monday, which could tip the U.S. to having a majority of states with permitless carry if the bill is signed into law.
A crowd did not begin chanting profanities at the president during a speech on gun violence. The video was edited to add the outburst.
Santos made the announcement in a closed-door meeting of the House GOP conference.
Scott Jenkins, sheriff of Culpeper County, Va., is one of a large number of so-called 'constitutional sheriffs' in the U.S. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty ImagesA gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement services. In Illino
"If the Supreme Court applies the law as it is written, then that cancellation will go through," Sen. Warren said of student-debt relief.
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-Pearl River, wants to double the cap on SALT deductions for married couples as cap set to expire in 2025.
Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the lead Senate Republican negotiator on police reform, on Monday signaled he’s willing to have another go at the tough issue in the wake of Tyre Nichols’s death at the hands of Memphis police, while criticizing Democrats for blocking his reform bill in 2020 for not going far enough. Scott pushed…
President Joe Biden is betting that spending cuts pushed by Republicans will prove so unpopular that some will scrap demands in debt limit talks.
“When we talk about things in Mississippi like attracting new businesses, but also preventing brain drain, I think this bill really goes into the face of all of that. It makes us take a step backwards. Other states are moving forward.”
George Santos was set to serve on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and House Small Business Committee.
A day after President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address, House Republicans will investigate his family's business dealings.
Video showed Trump being questioned under oath in a massive civil fraud lawsuit filed against him, his business and family members in New York.
A federal judge on Monday blocked New Jersey's recently enacted bans on carrying guns at beaches or casinos, though she left in place other restrictions passed by the state in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanding gun rights nationwide. The order from U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb in Camden, New Jersey, came in response to a lawsuit brought by seven people and the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs challenging parts of a law signed by Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in December. "This marks the beginning of the end for Governor Murphy's blatantly unconstitutional new carry law, which is going down in flames," said Scott Bach, executive director of the association, in a statement.
State Freedom Caucus lawmakers are riding the wave of the 20 Republicans who held up the House speaker race to combat what they call the "swamp" in their states.
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) attacked Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) as the “AOC of Arizona” on Sunday night, a week after the progressive Democrat announced he’s running for Senate in 2024. Since losing to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in November’s election, Lake has pushed false claims about election fraud and taken her grievances to court.…
