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The fundraising committee aiming to help Democrats maintain control of the House says it raised $106.5 million through the end of last month.

As political muscle goes, big doesn’t automatically translate to power.

Cpl. Walter Smead was finally laid to rest near his rural upstate New York hometown.

The editorial board of Albany's Times Union asks the New York Republican "how low" she can go in its withering essay.

A former CIA officer announced a campaign to unseat Rep. Elise Stefanik from her position representing New York's 21st Congressional District.

McCarthy, who initially said Trump "bears responsibility" for the insurrection, has steadily increased his defense of the former president.

Between waves of calls for prayers in response to explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, that harmed American troops and civilians, some Republicans pointed the finger squarely at President Joe Biden and his administration.

Stefanik wants Cuomo arrested but she defends Trump, target of many sexual misconduct claims and inciter of our first non-peaceful transfer of power.

Some party leaders blamed the former president in the charged moments after the insurrection – but are now embarking on a campaign of revisionism Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, speaks on the steps of the US Capitol on 29 July. He pulled all five of his picks from the House select committee. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP Top Republicans in Congress are embarking on a new campaign of revisionism seven months after the attack on the Capitol, absolving Donald Trump of responsibility and b

Drone footage released on Sunday reportedly shows up to 1,000 migrants being held under a bridge in Mission, Texas, as the border crisis grows.

The House select committee’s task is to establish who knew what about the insurrection—but most Republicans don’t seem to want to find out.

Many pointed out the contradiction in celebrating the government programs, while arguing that expanding them would lead to "socialism."

Just as striking as the officers’ testimony today is GOP lawmakers’ refusal to engage with it.

Elise Stefanik claimed that Nancy Pelosi “bears responsibility” for the Capitol riot and accused the “drooling media” of being “too petrified” to question her about it.

Stefanik was echoing a talking point that has become central to the GOP's effort to whitewash the deadly insurrection and rewrite history.

In Washington, the so-called Doctors Caucus gathered at the Capitol for an event to combat vaccine hesitancy. Just 56.2% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, distributed pictures of himself receiving his first dose of the vaccine last weekend after months of holding out. But the news conference convened by House GOP leaders on Thursday highlighted Republicans' competing messages on the virus. And Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a youth conservative advocacy group, suggested without evidence on his podcast that up to 1.2 million could have died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

The crowded Republican primary for an open U.S. House seat in central Ohio is testing the ongoing political sway of former President Donald Trump as his choice in the race, a longtime coal lobbyist, is competing against candidates backed by other conservative leaders, movements and donors. The race in the sprawling GOP-leaning 15th Congressional District, which is gerrymandered to include all or part of 12 Ohio counties including parts of Columbus, also has seen endorsements by Republican groups backing women candidates, a powerful anti-abortion group and allies of the former president. Trump, who twice won the state by wide margins, has touted candidate Mike Carey as the best choice to succeed former U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers.

In Washington, the so-called Doctors Caucus gathered at the Capitol for an event to combat vaccine hesitancy. Ron DeSantis this week pointed to data showing the vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients hadn't received shots. Nonetheless, just 56.2% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, distributed pictures of himself receiving his first dose of the vaccine last weekend after months of holding out. In New Hampshire, where shots have slowed to about 1,000 per week, Republican Gov.

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring.

In Washington, the so-called Doctors Caucus gathered at the Capitol for an event to combat vaccine hesitancy. Ron DeSantis this week pointed to data showing the vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients hadn't received shots. Nonetheless, just 56.2% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the House Republican whip, distributed pictures of himself receiving his first dose of the vaccine last weekend after months of holding out. In New Hampshire, where shots have slowed to about 1,000 per week, Republican Gov.

A little-known Indiana congressman is becoming an influential voice in the Republican Party.

House votes 285-120 to remove Confederate and pro-slavery statues from the U.S. Capitol

Scalise won't say whether his caucus will support or participate in a proposed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In a memo to all House Republicans late Tuesday, No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise said the House panel “is likely to pursue a partisan agenda” in investigating the violent attack by former President Donald Trump's supporters, and he encouraged Republicans to vote against it. Almost three dozen House Republicans voted last month for the legislation to create an independent commission, which would have had an even partisan split among members. Seven Republicans in the Senate have also supported moving forward on that bill, but that was short of the 10 Senate Republicans who would be necessary to pass it.

Scalise won't say whether his caucus will support or participate in a proposed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON — (AP) — House Republican leaders won’t say whether they will support — or even participate in — a proposed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. “They had an opportunity to really engage,” Thompson said of Republicans who voted against the bipartisan commission. Almost three dozen House Republicans voted last month for the legislation to create an independent commission, which would have had an even partisan split among members. They said McCarthy, who voted for the measure, told them he would deal with those members privately.

House Republicans House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., with House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., together with the Republican Doctors Caucus speaks to reporters during a news conference about the origins of the corovirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. 2 House Republican won’t say whether members of his caucus will support — or even participate in — a proposed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Republican participation in the investigation, and the appointments to the panel, could help determine whether the committee becomes a bipartisan effort or instead a hotbed of division. Almost three dozen House Republicans voted last month for the legislation to create an independent commission, which would have had an even partisan split among members. Seven Republicans in the Senate have also supported moving forward on that bill, but that was short of the 10 Senate Republicans who would be necessary to pass it.

House Republican leaders say they will oppose the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Officer Michael Fanone has said for weeks that he wanted to meet with McCarthy, who has opposed a commission and remained loyal to former President Donald Trump. The meeting comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she is creating a special committee to investigate the attack. She said a partisan-led probe was the only option left after Senate Republicans blocked legislation to form a bipartisan commission. Brian Sicknick collapsed and died after engaging with the mob; a medical examiner ruled that he died of natural causes. In addition to Sicknick, two police officers died by suicide in the days that followed.

Officer Michael Fanone has said for weeks that he wanted to meet with McCarthy, who has opposed a commission and remained loyal to former President Donald Trump. The meeting comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she is creating a special committee to investigate the attack. She said a partisan-led probe was the only option left after Senate Republicans blocked legislation to form a bipartisan commission. Brian Sicknick collapsed and died after engaging with the mob; a medical examiner ruled that he died of natural causes. In addition to Sicknick, two police officers died by suicide in the days that followed.

A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday.

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders would like everyone to know that the nation is in crisis. There is an economic crisis, they say, with rising prices and overly generous unemployment benefits; a national security crisis; a border security crisis, with its attendant homeland security crisis, humanitarian crisis and public health crisis; and a separate energy crisis. Pressed Tuesday on whether the nation is really so beleaguered, the No. 2 Republican in the House, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisia

Case counts are plummeting and vaccinations are up, but hardly anyone can get into Canada.

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Outspoken Trump critic has again condemned Republican party leadership for encouraging former president

Congress Divided Republicans Newly-elected House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., smiles as she speaks with reporters, accompanied by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of La., on Capitol Hill Friday, May 14, 2021, in Washington. Republicans voted Friday morning for Stefanik to be the new chair for the House Republican Conference, replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who was ousted from the GOP leadership for criticizing former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)SARATOGA, N.Y. — (AP) — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, whose loyalty to former president Donald Trump won her a leadership post in the House Republican caucus, announced on Twitter that she is expecting her first child. The post on Twitter and Instagram included a photo of Stefanik and her husband, Matthew Manda, patting her baby bump. After initially distancing herself from Trump, Stefanik has become one of the former president's fiercest defenders in the House.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has announced that she is expecting her first child.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic.

Cheney is a Reagan Republican who wants to talk about lower taxes and smaller government. That is a 40-year-old message out of step with today’s times.

Congress Divided Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with reporters, joined by newly-elected House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill Friday, May 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON — (AP) — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he opposes a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, almost certainly eroding GOP support ahead of a vote. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee who drafted the proposal rejected that approach. McCarthy said that given the “shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation." The GOP leader's opposition all but ensures this week's vote will have less Republican support in the House, and dims its chances in the evenly divided Senate.

A pregnant woman was spit on and yelled at while she was on her way to work in Downtown Oakland, Calif. What happened: Tina and her husband were driving to work when a man spit in her face and yelled racial and homophobic slurs while they were stopped at a red light.

Conservative voting records are only one dimension on which Republican legislators are evaluated.

Rep. Liz Cheney and her replacement as GOP conference chair, Rep. Elise Stefanik, both went on Sunday talk shows to talk about the party's future.

Former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, R-Va., joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti on this episode to discuss this internecine struggle in the GOP, as well as to give her take on the ostracization of Liz Cheney and coronation of Elise Stefanik, based on her personal relationships with both women. She details her vision for a reformed, policy-driven post-Trump Republican party. But is that what Republican voters want?

“I kinda see Joe as a little bit out of it,” Sean Hannity said. “Donald Trump didn’t need to sleep five hours a night,” McCarthy said while appearing alongside Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and newly elected House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

McCarthy has spent years corralling his caucus behind Trump and helped oust Liz Cheney from GOP leadership, but could he actually become speaker?

In television interviews, the Wyoming Republican said there was “no question” an attack like Jan. 6 could happen again if Trump's claims go unchecked. Asked in a separate interview if she believes House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Rep. Elise Stefanik, who replaced Cheney in the No. 3 leadership job, are complicit by embracing Trump, Cheney responded: “They are.”“I’m not willing to do that,” she said. “He is the leader of the Republican Party,” Stefanik said. “Voters determine the leader of the Republican Party.

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney is criticizing GOP colleagues for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen.

"At no time, having known Joe Biden for quite some time, does he have the energy of Donald Trump," McCarthy said during a Fox News interview.

"It was a vote based on policy, based on substance and in terms of the kinds of policies he put forward that were good for the country," Cheney said.

Stefanik, a Trump stalwart from upstate New York, was elected to the No. Stefanik easily defeated Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, 134-46 in a secret ballot that gave GOP lawmakers a distinct choice about where to steer the party. “Voters determine the leader of the Republican Party, and President Trump is the leader that they look to,” said Stefanik, 36. “Now, to have credibility in the Republican Party, you have to align yourself with Donald Trump. Besides support from Trump, Stefanik was backed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and two of the chamber's most influential conservatives: No.

A large fire and explosion at a Missouri propane tank facility was so massive that it was detected in space, officials say.

Stefanik of New York was elected conference chair, replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from the position Wednesday.

She is joined by, from left, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. Backed by Trump and the House’s top two Republicans, Stefanik defeated challenger Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, by 134-46 in a secret ballot vote conducted behind closed doors. She’s also backed by Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., plus two of the House’s most influential conservatives: No. 2 House GOP leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. Her voting record is among the most moderate of all House Republicans’, according to conservative groups’ ratings.

Backed by Trump and the House’s top two Republicans, Stefanik defeated challenger Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, by 134-46 in a secret ballot vote conducted behind closed doors. 3 House GOP leader. 2 House GOP leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. He spoke a day after he successfully helped dump Cheney from party leadership for refusing to stifle her differences with Trump. Her voting record is among the most moderate of all House Republicans', according to conservative groups' ratings.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a moderate turned Trump loyalist, was elected to the post that Liz Cheney of Wyoming held for over two years.

Stefanik of New York was elected conference chair, replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from the position Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — House GOP elects NY Rep. Elise Stefanik to No. 3 leadership post, anointing Trump loyalist after booting Liz Cheney.

The vote came two days after House Republicans ousted Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from the leadership role after her continued criticism of former President Donald Trump.

The vote for Stefanik came days after House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from the role over her opposition to former President Donald Trump.

New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is the frontrunner to replace Congresswoman Liz Cheney as GOP conference chair.

Rep. Elise Stefanik is considered the favorite. She faces Rep. Chip Roy in the vote.

Demonstrating their allegiance to Donald Trump, Republicans have elected Rep. Elise Stefanik to a House leadership post.

Republicans have dumped Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership post.

Rep. Liz Cheney is lashing out at leaders of her own Republican Party.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set a Wednesday vote for removing Rep. Liz Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post.

Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy has publicly endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik for the post of No. 3 leader.

Donald Trump’s discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency months ago.

There was a brief time, not long ago, when Elise Stefanik wouldn't say Donald Trump’s name.

Republican Kevin McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point.

Elected officials in Wyoming aren’t sticking their necks out in defense of Liz Cheney as she faces ouster from House GOP leadership.

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is stating her case for replacing Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican leader.

Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago.

No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney is clinging to her post as party leaders are lining up behind an heir apparent for her job.

Republicans solidly oppose the $15 minimum wage target as an expense that would hurt businesses and cost jobs. “House Democrats believe that the minimum wage hike is necessary. Therefore, this provision will remain in the" bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. The relief bill would provide millions of people with $1,400 direct payments. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have state minimum wages that exceed the federal $7.25 hourly floor, with only the District of Columbia currently requiring a $15 minimum.

In this Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, John Weaver is shown on a campaign bus in Bow, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)WASHINGTON – Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high. Of the $90 million Lincoln Project has raised, more than $50 million has gone to firms controlled by the group's leaders. Others used the money earned during their time with Lincoln Project to refinance homes, or purchase a new one. AdAt least two Lincoln Project employees were targeted last year, including an intern who was finishing law school, and a communications staffer.

In this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 photo, riot fencing and razor wire reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Eileen Putman)WASHINGTON – The House’s chief law enforcement officer is tightening security for traveling lawmakers as Congress reassesses safety in an era when threats against members were surging even before Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol. Congress' 535 members travel frequently between their homes and the capital, and many have said they feel vulnerable in their districts and when they travel. The House members asked for tightened security procedures. President Joe Biden is in “close touch” with Pelosi about congressional security, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

The National Football League said it will reconsider its donations but did not commit to suspending them. “We are re-evaluating our political giving policies through the Gridiron PAC,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the AP in a statement Wednesday. Others, like MLB, have postponed political giving to both political parties altogether. The Office of The Commissioner of Major League Baseball Political Action Committee has donated $669,375 to Senate and House candidates since the 2016 election cycle, with 52.4% of that money going to Republican candidates, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Since the 2016 election cycle, MLB has made contributions to two senators and nine representatives who were among those opposing certification of Biden's victory.

This isnt a party convention, its a Trump convention, said Rory Cooper, a Republican strategist and former congressional staffer who opposes Trump. If Republicans lose the Senate in November, we should look back at this week as a lost opportunity to introduce the country to more GOP congressional candidates. Scalise made no direct reference to the GOP's faint hopes of regaining the House majority in November's elections. Sean Parnell, a GOP challenger for a Democratic-held seat in western Pennsylvania, didnt specifically ask listeners to award Republicans House control. The inattention to the GOP's congressional efforts might have changed Wednesday when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivered prime-time remarks.

Pence, whose future political aspirations could hinge on November, has campaigned aggressively for the president. Pence has helped steer the White House response to the coronavirus, leading a task force and frequently working with the nations governors. The GOP convention has mentioned the virus far less than Democrats did last week, but Pence could throw it back into focus if he speaks about the work hes led. Conway, whose husband has become an outspoken Trump critic, says she is stepping away to spend more time with her family. Clarence Henderson, a civil rights activist from the 1960s, is expected to speak on the true meaning of peaceful protest."