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Speaker vote: Three things to know about speaker-designate Mike Johnson October 25, 2023 10:37 AM House Republicans selected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be their fourth speaker-designate in the weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from the speakership. The Louisiana Republican now needs to get 217 votes from the GOP conference on the

October 25, 2023 10:36 AM ET At least 73 people across 22 states were sickened by precut onions, health officials announced Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall for all types of Gills Onions over potential contamination with Salmonella, a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection. The specific Gills products believed to

Dana White doubles down on Bud Light as UFC sponsor: ‘I’m looking at all the good things they do’ October 25, 2023 10:34 AM Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has defended his company’s partnership with Bud Light, arguing that he is looking at “all the good things” that the beer brand’s parent company has

Trump says he likes Johnson, the House GOP’s choice for speaker October 25, 2023 10:32 AM One day after tanking House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s (R-MN) bid to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker, former President Donald Trump expressed support for Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) speaker bid but stopped short of endorsing him.

‘Spamouflage’: Canada Says CCP Bots Targeted Lawmakers’ Social Media With Mass Disinformation Campaign – Spy Agency Blocks Chinese Acquisitions of Property Close to Strategic Assets by Paul Serran Oct. 25, 2023 9:30 am Canadian foreign policy has definitely entered a new era in which tensions that were worked out in secret are now all out

After Criticism Over Biden’s Beach Weekend as Americans Held Hostage, White House Cancels Concert by B-52s Set for Australia State Dinner by Kristinn Taylor Oct. 25, 2023 9:15 am Jill Biden announced Tuesday that the dance rock group B-52s would not perform at Wednesday night’s state dinner for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The cancellation

Border hawks like Mike Johnson October 25, 2023 10:13 AM Supporters of closing the U.S.-Mexico border to illegal crossings and finally finishing the wall are rallying behind the latest House Republican choice to be speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA). “Johnson is not only strong on border security, but he has also twice introduced legislation to

WATCH LIVE: Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing for Jack Lew as US ambassador to Israel October 25, 2023 10:10 AM The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing regarding former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who could be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER: YOUNGKIN BETS 15-WEEK ABORTION CAP WILL DELIVER 2023

An off-duty pilot who allegedly tried to shut down an airplane’s engines mid-flight admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours before the flight, among other statements, according to filings shared by CBS News. Joseph David Emerson, 44, of Pleasant Hill, California, was “having a nervous breakdown,” had not slept in 40 hours, felt dehydrated and

WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on unaccompanied children crossing the border October 25, 2023 10:09 AM The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to discuss how to prevent abuse of unaccompanied minors at the border after Senate Democrats linked the Labor Department’s lack of resources to child labor law violations earlier this summer.