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Jose Luis Magana/AP Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., to be their nominee for House speaker in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Scalise defeated House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, by a vote of 113-99. That gave Scalise a narrow majority of the Republicans’ 221 votes in the chamber, …

Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd suspended his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday, opting instead to endorse former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley. Mr. Hurd, a former House lawmaker from Texas and a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, said Ms. Haley is the best candidate in the GOP primary field, …

Rep. George Santos, the embattled freshman Republican known for fabricating large portions of his resume, was charged Tuesday on 10 new criminal counts, including conspiracy, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud. Federal prosecutors filed a 23-count superseding indictment that comes after Santos pleaded not guilty to …

His excuses are going up in smoke. Images of the fire alarm that Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled in a House office building as his fellow Democrats were trying to delay a key vote to fund the government appear to throw cold water on his claims that the move was just a boneheaded …

JUNEAU, Alaska—A small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday. …

Dr. Anthony Fauci was “escorted” into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia “without a record of entry,” and “influenced” the agency’s review of the origins of COVID-19, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) has claimed. In a Sept. 26 press release, Mr. Wenstrup said the new alleged …