Tag: House
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House Oversight Committee says it plans to form a subcommittee for Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that Republicans plan to create a subcommittee that would work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on President-elect Donald Trump’s recently announced advisory group, the “Department of Government Efficiency.” The GOP-controlled panel said in a post on X that the subcommittee, which would be formed for the…
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Arson investigation underway after Temple City house fire kills 3
One person was detained Sunday after three people died in a house fire in Temple City. Two others were hospitalized, fire officials confirmed. Firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were sent to the home in the 6000 block of Sultana Avenue at around 4:50 p.m. and were able to knock down the fire…
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One big thing is missing from the GOP campaign to reclaim Michigan’s state House: Trump
WYOMING, Mich. — As he made his case for a Republican revival here at a neighborhood steakhouse, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder abstained from red meat. “We need to bring civility back and relentless positive action back,” Snyder, who is leading the party’s effort to reclaim the majority in the state House of Representatives, said…
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Guatemalan jailed journalist José Zamora granted house arrest after 2 years behind bars
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan judge on Friday ruled that jailed journalist José Zamora can leave prison and be held in house arrest after over 800 days behind bars. Zamora, a well-known journalist who founded the now-defunct El Periódico newspaper and whose work has criticized successive governments, was arrested in July 2022 on money laundering…
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How Democrats can win control of the House even if Trump is elected president
WASHINGTON — Among the many permutations for how the elections could end, one prospect has sparked chatter in both parties: Donald Trump could win the presidency while Democrats seize control of the House. Such a split would be rare — not since 1989 has a president entered office without his party controlling the House — and…
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Speaker Mike Johnson fights to save the House Republican majority — and his job
WASHINGTON — As Speaker Mike Johnson marks one year on the job Friday, he’s fighting hard to preserve House Republicans’ razor-thin majority — and his speakership. Multiple House Republicans said they believe the Louisiana Republican, who rose from relative obscurity to the top of the conference last year, can beat back his critics and win…
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House Republicans subpoena Biden administration over alleged social media censorship
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on a key House subcommittee has issued a subpoena to the Biden administration as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November’s elections. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., the Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information…
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House Democrat says Trump campaign has ‘refused to commit to a smooth transition’ by not working with administration
WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, is sounding the alarm over former President Donald Trump’s failure to enter into key agreements with the Biden administration for the presidential transition process, warning that it could endanger the peaceful transfer of power and threaten U.S. national security. In a letter…
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New York delivered Republicans the House in 2022. Will the blue state help them keep it in 2024?
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Huddled with volunteers at his campaign headquarters here, Iraq War veteran and freshman Rep. Pat Ryan said it felt like a “pre-mission brief” back in his Army days. Ryan’s mission now is holding onto his seat in a suburban district in upstate New York that Republicans would very much like to flip…
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Buying a house gets easier in key battleground counties — but voters may not feel it before the 2024 election
Maricopa County, Arizona 2020 margin: Biden +2.2 In Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, home hunters are finally starting to see “the first little smidgen of any advantage that they’ve had since 2021,” said Tina Tamboer, a senior analyst with the Cromford Report, an Arizona real estate research firm. It’s the beginnings of a reprieve after…