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Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. CBC | World News
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George Santos expelled from U.S. Congress in wake of criminal charges, ethics disgrace
George Santos, a former congressman who has been embroiled in criminal and ethical investigations over his conduct, has been expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives after his peers voted to kick him out Friday, becoming only the sixth member ousted from the chamber in its history. CBC | World News
Read More »Rashida Tlaib, only Palestinian-American member of Congress, censured for controversial war statements
The U.S. House voted late Tuesday to censure member Rashida Tlaib, Congress’s lone Palestinian-American lawmaker, for comments she made regarding Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, with 22 of her fellow Democrats voting to censure. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump pitches his coronavirus payroll tax break to Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump pitched his proposed payroll tax break Tuesday on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to contain the coronavirus outbreak and respond to the financial fallout. CBC | World News
Read More »China may postpone annual congress because of coronavirus
China says it may postpone its annual congress in March, its biggest political meeting of the year, because of the virus outbreak. CBC | World News
Read More »Maduro blocks Venezuela’s opposition from congress, elects more pliant leadership
Nicolas Maduro’s government has moved aggressively to wipe out what remains of resistance to his socialist rule, attempting to install a pliant leadership in congress in a move opponents compared to an attempted coup in Venezuela’s last democratic institution. CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump Was ‘Not Required’ To Alert Congress Of Soleimani Strike, Says Mark Levin
Donald Trump‘s authorization of a drone strike that killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani has led to pushback from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said the president did not receive the go-ahead from Congress and kept Democratic leaders in the dark. Conservative radio personality Mark Levin took to Twitter to suggest that Trump was not obligated to seek authorization from Congress, ...
Read More »Trump associate Roger Stone found guilty of lying to Congress
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, has been found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell urges Congress to tackle growing budget deficit
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday urged Congress to tackle the growing budget deficit but also underscored the current health of the nation’s economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Boeing CEO blasted over deadly 737 Max failures in 1st U.S. Congress testimony
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday, the first congressional testimony by a Boeing official since the first of two Max 737 crashes that together killed 346 people. CBC | World News
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