Lawmakers who linger after accepting new jobs stir concerns
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., plans to stay in office until February to "tie up loose ends" after accepting a new job in November, his communications director said.
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Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., plans to stay in office until February to "tie up loose ends" after accepting a new job in November, his communications director said.
John L. "Jack" Smith, special counsel, had asked the Supreme Court to rule on the immunity dispute.
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Texas Republican Rep. Daniel Crenshaw talks with reporters outside the Capitol. Crenshaw led a legislative push to tie pediatric physician training to gender-affirming care bans but now acknowledges the House needs "to get a bill to the floor."
President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on Dec. 11.
Rep. Scott Perry argued that his phone messages were protected by the Constitution, but a federal judge disagreed and ordered him to turn most of them over to the Justice Department.
Jack Smith, special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump, wants the Supreme Court to decide on Trump's immunity defense.
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An Amish horse-and-buggy in Lancaster County, Pa., near the town of Bird-in-Hand. In some parts of Pennsylvania Amish country, mobile health units are helping deliver care to the local Amish population.
An image of President Donald Trump appears on video screens before his speech to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, before Congress was to certify electoral votes declaring Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election.
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has held up an aviation extension as leverage to keep senators in town.
Memphis firefighter Jesse Powell is part of a federal lawsuit claiming exposure to PFAS caused his prostate cancer.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left, center) meets with President Joe Biden at Filoli Estate in California on Nov. 15.
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Susan Wild and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, left, tour Lehigh Heavy Forge in Bethlehem, Pa., to promote legislation to create jobs on June 2, 2021.
An American Eagle plane is seen at Key West International Airport, on Thursday, February 23, 2023.
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Mike McCord, comptroller of the Defense Department, told House and Senate committees in a letter that funds for Ukraine are nearly exhausted.