by admin | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Friday votes to elect a speaker for the new Congress.Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin...
by admin | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Following reports of alleged impropriety by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee have quietly made...
by admin | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. Via U.S. Army.(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday is set to award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for heroism during the Korean War and Vietnam War.The Medal of...
by admin | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Sixty years after Black Americans gained the right to vote in the United States through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sen. Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming the longest-serving African American...
by admin | Jan 2, 2025 | Politics
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson met Thursday with Republican holdouts to his bid to retain the gavel in the new Congress, one day before the House convenes and votes for a...
by admin | Jan 2, 2025 | Politics
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)(WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before he leaves office, President Joe Biden awarded 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, including the key players in the House Jan. 6 committee.Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and...
