Austin, Texas — The GOP-led Texas House of Representatives on Saturday voted decisively to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, who had 20 articles of impeachment brought up against him earlier this week. The final vote was 121 voting to impeach, with 23 voting against impeachment and two voting present. Paxton …
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several anti-transgender bills Wednesday which ban gender-affirming care for minors, ban children from attending drag shows, and target how students learn about and engage with the LGBTQ+ community. Senate Bill 254 outlaws gender transition surgeries and medication, such as puberty blockers, for minors. It also …
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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is asking for a sentence of time served, after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors argued was a violent plan to ensure former President Donald Trump remained in the White House, though he had lost the 2020 presidential election. The Justice Department is seeking …
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Washington — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would prohibit members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks, a proposal aimed at restoring public trust by preventing lawmakers from profiting off insider information. In a sign that the measure enjoys support across the ideological …
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County officials in Memphis voted unanimously on Wednesday to reappoint Justin Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, less than a week after the legislature voted to expel him and another Black Democratic lawmaker for participating in a protest against gun violence. The Shelby County Board of Commissioners, which was …
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The parents of Philip Todd, the Senate staffer who was stabbed in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, issued a statement on Wednesday saying he was in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. Todd was “randomly and brutally attacked by a person armed with a knife, who, …
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Washington — The White House on Monday called on former Vice President Mike Pence to apologize for what it called a “homophobic” joke he made over the weekend about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s decision to take paternity leave when his twins were born. In a speech at the annual Gridiron …
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is away from Washington, D.C., this week as she deals with a “health matter,” a spokesperson for the retiring senator from California said. Feinstein announced last month that she won’t be seeking reelection next year, but at 89, she still has nearly two years left in her …
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First lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there’s “pretty much” nothing left to do but figure out the time and place for the announcement. Although …
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After Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was ousted from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs committee Thursday in a party-line vote, she received support from fellow “Squad” member, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who delivered an impassioned speech on the House floor. Omar’s removal was in response …
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