Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has lost the second ballot for Speaker of the House. He garnered 203 votes, with 19 Republicans voting against him. A candidate needs 218 votes to become speaker. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) got 212 votes. The vote totals remained the same from the first ballot. While McCarthy was expected to face...
A federal watchdog has found that Medicare lost out on millions of potential savings due to spotty oversight of the average sales price of medications, impacting how much Medicare Part B beneficiaries pay for coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires drug manufacturers to submit the quarterly average sales price (ASP) for...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said that President Biden will not "insert himself" in the Speakership elections as the House is moving on to a third vote with no end in sight. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lost the first two votes for Speaker of the House after facing stiff opposition from a small...
Party tensions were on full display Tuesday as GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) pushed hard to shore up support for his Speaker bid from a group of reticent Republicans. McCarthy failed to secure enough votes for Speaker as the voting entered multiple rounds, setting up a pitched battle for the top House spot. It's the first time...
States are laying the blueprints for this work, but the only way to see nationwide success is through bipartisan unity and leadership.
Metal detectors were removed from outside the House chamber with the start of the new Republican-controlled House on Tuesday. The extra layer of security was ordered put in place by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The addition of the metal detectors drew the ire...
Embattled Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday cast his vote in support of House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) for Speaker, though rebels in the party pledged to block McCarthy's bid for the Speakership. A group of 19 Republicans voted against McCarthy in the first round of voting, leaving him well below the 218-vote threshold needed...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), the incoming House Democratic leader, won nine more votes than House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) in Tuesday’s first ballot vote for Speaker. Jeffries won 212 votes in the first ballot to just 203 for McCarthy, but that doesn’t mean he’ll become Speaker. Neither Jeffries nor McCarthy secured the majority...
Nineteen House Republicans voted against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker during the first ballot on Tuesday, denying the GOP nominee the gavel and forcing members to hold another vote for the top spot. The votes against McCarthy went to Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) — who was nominated for Speaker on the floor — in addition to...
The fate of Speaker-designate Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is hanging by a thread as a group of nearly 20 House GOP lawmakers voted against him for the top spot on the first ballot to become Speaker. While the vote has not been closed, the results point to the level of opposition to a McCarthy Speakership within...
The suspect accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students believes he’ll be exonerated, his attorney told NBC. Jason LaBar, the public defender representing Bryan Kohberger, said on the “Today” show that Kohberger said he did not commit the November stabbings, which gained national attention as police looked for a suspect for weeks before...
The family of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said on Tuesday that it is "deeply moved" by the support it has received since Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the team's "Monday Night Football" game against the Cincinnati Bengals. “On behalf of our family, we want to express our sincere gratitude for the love and...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said the hard-line opponents to House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) becoming the next Speaker “are enemies now.” Crenshaw told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday ahead of the Speakership vote that those dug in against the former House minority leader will “obviously” not get the committee assignments they want over their...
In the days before its work officially came to a close, the Jan. 6 committee released thousands of pages of witness interviews and evidence. But a portion of the House rules package proposed by Republicans singles out the panel’s work, seeking to block the records from being managed by the National Archives. The GOP rules...
Vice President Harris swore in Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) president pro tempore of the Senate on Tuesday, marking the first time in U.S. history that a woman will hold the position. Harris, the first female vice president in U.S. history, is also presiding over the Senate on the first day of 118th Congress. The president...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday after he reportedly told House GOP members that he doesn’t care if the chamber elects Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), the incoming Democratic leader, as Speaker instead of McCarthy. McCarthy told reporters that Gaetz, who is one of at least a handful of...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) slammed Donald Trump Jr. on Monday over his endorsement of a “We the People” Bible, calling on "good" pastors and priests to denounce it. “Oh the irony. The fact that some Christians dont see the problem here is more affirmation that it’s not the GOP that has failed Christians, it’s...
As California ramps up its transition away from fossil fuels, most oil and gas workers will be able to find work in other industries, a new report has found. Two out of three oil and gas employees — 67 percent — are highly likely to find jobs in their current occupation but in a different sector,...
GOP Reps. Dan Bishop (N.C.) and Lauren Boebert (Colo.) on Tuesday officially came out against Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid for Speaker, piling onto the California Republican's increasingly complicated path to securing the gavel. Bishop and Boebert, who had both been withholding support of McCarthy in hopes of securing changes to House rules, had not previously...
People often use the terms cardiac arrest and heart attack interchangeably, but they are not the same.
A prominent anti-abortion group pushed back on former President Trump's comments blaming Republicans and anti-abortion advocates for GOP losses in the November elections, while calling on Trump to put forward an "ambitious consensus pro-life" agenda. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America blasted GOP candidates who adopt what it dubbed an "Ostrich Strategy," saying Trump and other...
A defiant Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed Tuesday to fight as long as it takes to win the Speaker’s gavel in the new Congress, challenging his Republican detractors with threats of a marathon process that would undermine Republicans politically just as they’re taking control of the lower chamber. In a 90-minute closed-door meeting in the...
The Federal Reserve has become more aggressive in its pursuit to curb inflation, and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the central bank’s actions means a recession is likely. “A recession is pretty likely just because of what the Fed has to do,” Dudley said in an interview with Bloomberg...
A spokesperson for the family of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin said Tuesday he is “fighting” after suffering cardiac arrest early in the Monday Night Football contest against the Cincinnati Bengals. During an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America, family representative and close friend Jordon Rooney told "GMA" anchor Robin Roberts that Hamlin, a second-year...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Tuesday dismissed the idea that a group of hard-line conservatives had a viable alternative to Speaker-hopeful Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) waiting in the wings, instead saying the lawmakers are only opposing McCarthy to gain notoriety. “This is such a childish attempt at gaining more and more attention,” Crenshaw said on Fox...
