House Speaker Mike Johnson is reelected to his position
A new session of Congress began Friday with Republicans to take full control in the Washington this month. But the new session was not without internal drama for the party.
Mike Johnson re-elected speaker: Here were the top three moments of the dramatic vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon. Republicans eager to swear in President-elect Trump later this month and capitalize on their control of the House, Senate and White House avoided the same fate of the past two drawn-out speaker elections. After some wrangling by both […]
Ava DuVernay Says in U.S. ‘Criminals Get Reelected’
Ava DuVernay said the United States is “ran by criminals” while reflecting on the timely resonance of her Oscar-nominated documentary “13th” during an on-stage conversation with Rosalie Varda at the Marrakech Film Festival. The politically-engaged filmmaker and activist denounced a double standard in the U.S. judicial system, saying “that criminality is seen as completely different […]
Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state. The first-term senator had campaigned on abortion rights and positioned herself as a nonideological politician, a formula that also worked for the state’s senior senator, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, […]
Republican Young Kim reelected to Congress from Orange County
Republican Rep. Young Kim, who in 2020 was one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress, fended off a challenge from Democrat Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain, to secure a third term representing inland Orange County in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Associated Press called the race in California’s 40th Congressional […]