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UPDATED, with comment from Nancy Pelosi: Police video footage of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was released on Friday after a judge sided with media organizations in their request to gain access to the material. The graphic footage shows police…

EXCLUSIVE: The new House Democratic leadership will appear this week at an event at the home of Byron Allen and Jennifer Lucas as the party sets its sights on the 2024 cycle. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are scheduled for the…

UPDATE: The weeklong slog to launch a new Congress continued with a 13th ballot, as Kevin McCarthy picked up a vote yet still was short a majority. Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) shifted his vote to McCarthy, giving the Republican leader 214 votes in the latest round. That’s still three short of what he…

UPDATE: The House will adjourn until noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Thursday, giving Kevin McCarthy more time to try to sway holdouts to support his bid for speaker — or work out some other sort of deal. The scene on the House floor was raucous as Democrats objected to the motion to adjourn, forcing a vote on…

Following a tumultuous day in which Kevin McCarthy failed three times to muster up enough votes to lead the House of Representatives, one of the last members to leave the floor was the previous speaker, Nancy Pelosi. As she left the cloakroom with her husband Paul, she said that the day, a long…

UPDATED with third vote: The House adjourned late Tuesday afternoon as Republicans grapple with what to do next, with Kevin McCarthy failing to secure enough votes for speaker after three ballots. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told reporters that he wasn’t sure what the next steps will be. He said that…

Former House Speaker John Boehner choked up as he described the legacy of Nancy Pelosi, a partisan rival who nevertheless was “unfailingly gracious to me, my family and frankly to my team here in Washington.” “My girls told me: tell the speaker how much we admire her,” Boehner said in a Capitol Hill…

David DePape, accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi at their San Francisco home in October, told police that he also planned to target a list of other public figures, including actor Tom Hanks, Hunter Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom. The revelation came at a…

It’s been 50 years since the passage of Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in institutions that receive federal funding, and the new short Mink! is a reminder of how circumstances easily could have limited the scope of its impact on sports. Mink! tells the story of the first woman of…

The House gave final passage on Thursday to legislation to ensure federal recognition of same-sex and interracial unions, clearing a final milestone in Congress before going to President Joe Biden. The legislation passed by a vote of 258-169. One member of House Republican leadership, Rep. Elise…

HBO Documentary Films has unveiled the trailer for its feature documentary Pelosi in the House, spotlighting the life and career of outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which debuts on HBO on December 13 and will also be available to stream on HBO Max. Pelosi in the House is the 14th documentary…

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was elected to lead House Democrats, becoming the first Black person to serve as head of a party in Congress. Jeffries will succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as party leader, after she announced earlier this month that she would not seek the post after a 20-year tenure…