Matt Gaetz moves to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
CNN — Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday moved to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top House leadership post, offering a motion to vacate the chair on the House floor…
Government shutdown: House sends bill to Senate hours ahead of deadline
CNN — Congress may now be on a path to avert a shutdown after the House abruptly reversed course and passed a bipartisan bill to extend government funding just hours…
Bipartisan House caucus leaders working to force vote as government shutdown looms
CNN — With government funding slated to run out September 30, the leaders of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN on Sunday that “all options are on the…
Merrick Garland testifies at the House Judiciary Committee’s DOJ hearing
US Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on September 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images House Republicans and…
White House no longer deploying team to Detroit this week amid UAW strike
CNN — Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are no longer deploying to Detroit this week, a White House official said, and instead will…
White House secures AI safeguard agreements from eight additional tech companies
CNN — Eight new-technology companies – including Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir and Salesforce – are making voluntary commitments on artificial intelligence, a senior Biden administration official told CNN, as the…
Jill Biden: First lady tests positive for Covid-19, White House announces
CNN — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 Monday, the White House announced. “This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently experiencing only mild…
White House calls on Congress to pass a short-term spending bill
CNN — The White House is pushing Congress to pass a short-term spending bill to avoid a shutdown and ensure continuity of government services while the key players hash out…
Opinion: Why isn’t the House Judiciary Committee looking into red flags about Clarence Thomas?
Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his…
Inside the White House response to the Maui wildfires
CNN — On a Tuesday morning in August, a memo landed on President Joe Biden’s desk warning of the possibility of a storm hitting Hawaii. The August 8 memo was…