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U.S. House GOP picks leadership team for next Congress: McCarthy, Scalise and Emmer
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 15, 2022
U.S. House Republicans elected their leaders for the 118th Congress, even though the party hadn’t secured the seats needed to take the majority in January.
White House asks Congress for billions in Ukraine, COVID-19 funding during lame duck
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 15, 2022
The Biden administration asked Congress for billions more in funding this year to address COVID-19 and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Congress heads back to D.C. for a hectic lame-duck session
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 12, 2022
On the agenda are same-sex marriage legislation, a huge defense bill, changes in how presidential electoral votes are counted and more
Record-setting number of women elected as governors in midterms
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 10, 2022
Voters in 12 states elected women as governor, breaking the prior record of nine set for the first time back in 2004
Which party controls Congress? It could be days or weeks before we know
By: Jacob Fischler and Jennifer Shutt - November 10, 2022
Democrats still have a small chance at keeping their House majority after far outpacing Republicans in toss-up races and competing in some districts thought to be out of reach
No GOP ‘wave,’ but Republicans could still gain control of U.S. House
By: Jacob Fischler, Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt - November 9, 2022
Republicans fell short of their greatest ambitions for major gains in the U.S. House, with control of the chamber still in doubt early Wednesday.
U.S. Senate control too close to call as multiple states grapple with tight vote counts
By: Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa and Jacob Fischler - November 9, 2022
It might be days — or even weeks — before we know what party will control the Senate starting next year.
Midterm voting mostly problem-free in battleground states, voting advocates report
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 8, 2022
In counties that did experience problems, which were typical of any Election Day, the incidents were largely attributed to faulty technology and human error.
More than 42 million Americans already have voted in the midterms
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 8, 2022
Since 2002, the number of people voting via mail ballots or early in person has steadily risen each midterm election year.
Control of U.S. Senate still a guess ahead of midterm elections
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 2, 2022
The two political parties are spending millions on campaign ads and mailers in the dozens of toss-up races that will determine control of Congress
Man who attacked Speaker Pelosi’s husband wanted to break ‘her kneecaps,’ DOJ says
By: Jennifer Shutt - November 1, 2022
The FBI’s complaint and affidavit into the alleged crime revealed new insight into the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband.
Paul Pelosi, U.S. House speaker’s husband, attacked inside their San Francisco home
By: Jennifer Shutt - October 28, 2022
Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat who has a U.S. Capitol Police security detail, was not in San Francisco at the time of the attack