The vote was followed by a threat from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to strip committee assignments from Republicans who sit on bipartisan select committee. House Republicans drew rebuke Wednesday for their near unanimous vote against the establishment of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Why did so many […]
“If you want to be elected president, you have to be 35 years old, you have to be a natural-born citizen, and you cannot take an oath of office and then turn around and incite an insurrection.” Calling on election officials across the U.S. to recognize that the nation “is at a critical crossroads,” a non-profit legal […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Monday one additional body has been recovered, bringing the total to 10 killed and 151 still missing in the wreckage of a 12-story oceanfront apartment building that partially collapsed last week. Levine Cava announced the latest body count during a media briefing near the scene of the incident. Rescue […]
The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that extreme heat will strike portions of the U.S. Pacific Northwest later this week, and that temperatures could exceed 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F) for only the third time in history, in a region where many lack air conditioning. The NWS Weather Prediction Center on Wednesday described […]