Rep.Lauren Boebert of Colorado on Monday became the first of several HouseRepublicans to call on Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign after allegations surfaced that he had an affair with a staffer who later committed suicide ... .
Top House lawmakers and the Defense Department spoke out in opposition Monday to aviation safety legislation that Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to rush to passage on Tuesday, arguing it needs retooling and is too narrow ... .
That would require some Democratic support in a 53-47 Republican-led chamber with a 60-vote threshold for most legislation ... Schumer urged Republicans to join Democrats in not allowing Trump to raise new tariffs.
But his lack of an endorsement so far in the bitter RepublicanSenate primary in Texas has created ripples from the Lone Star State all the way up to Washington...Cornyn has been a fixture in Texas Republican politics for decades.