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House Oversight Committee to depose Epstein’s longtime accountant

(NEW YORK) -- The House Oversight Committee is set to depose Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant on Wednesday, potentially shedding light on how the disgraced financier was able to manage his multimillion-dollar fortune.Richard Kahn served as Epstein's accountant for over a decade, and some of ...
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US lawmakers advance bill to lower housing prices

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in Congress are lining up behind legislation to encourage more affordable housing, in a rare example of bipartisan action on a quality-of-life issue for voters. The bill, which has drawn broad support from industry ...
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Virginia’s former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon. Dorothy McAuliffe - the former first lady, onetime state department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe - said Wednesday that she will run for Congress, putting a prominent name into the ...
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Trump backs congressional hopeful Gallrein for US House seat held by Thomas Massie

March 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump endorsed former U.S. Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein for a Kentucky seat held by one of his most prominent Republican critics in Congress, Representative Thomas Massie. Trump made his endorsement for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District on social media on ...
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Trump-backed candidate forced into runoff in Georgia race to replace Greene, US media reports

March 10 (Reuters) - The election in Georgia to choose the successor to Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene in the U.S. House of Representatives will go to a runoff next month after no candidate, including one backed by President Donald Trump, received a majority ...
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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

DORAL, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights. "It'll guarantee the midterms," he told ...
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Republican US lawmaker doubles down after criticism of his anti-Muslim comments

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Andy Ogles doubled down on Tuesday after saying "Muslims don't belong in American society," which had sparked widespread condemnation and prompted a Muslim advocacy group to designate him as an "anti-Muslim extremist." Here are some ...
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Trump says he and Vance are ‘philosophically’ different on Iran war

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said that he and Vice President JD Vance are "philosophically a little bit different" when it comes to U.S. war with Iran after ABC News previously reported that Vance internally expressed reservations about the strikes late last month.When asked ...
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Hegseth says Trump, amid mixed messages on timeline and nation building, will decide when Iran war is over

(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will end its war with Iran "on our timeline" and "at our choosing" amid mixed messaging from the administration on the timing of the operation and its ultimate objective.Hegseth notably declined to give ...
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West Virginia can ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery, US court rules

By Daniel Wiessner March 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, the latest victory for Republican-led states seeking to curb the procedures amid an ongoing national battle over transgender rights. In a unanimous ...
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Analysis-Rising gas prices from Iran war imperil Trump’s Republican majority in Congress

By Joseph Ax and David Morgan March 10 (Reuters) - Minutes into Donald Trump's State of the Union address laying out his argument for why voters should keep Republicans in power in November's midterm elections, the president boasted that falling gasoline prices had solved a ...
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Georgia voters choosing a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in US House

ATLANTA (AP) - Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election Tuesday. With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and ...
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