Support for expelling Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is growing after the House Ethics Committee released its scathing report Thursday. The report said that Santos “placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles.”
Thirty-one Democrats voted earlier this month against expelling Santos, and many are expected to flip and push to remove him following the Ethics findings.
Santos announced after the report was released that he won’t seek reelection. He called the Ethics findings “a disgusting politicized smear.” -
Santos already faces 23 criminal counts, including allegations that he misled donors, lied on House financial disclosures, charged his donors’ credit cards without authorization and more.
- Two-thirds of Congress would need to vote to remove Santos. A measure to expel him could be introduced as early as Friday.
Read more on the Ethics Committee report here. |
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David DePape was found guilty on federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges related to the attack of Paul Pelosi, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s (D-Calif.) husband, last year.
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Union workers at General Motors plants ratified a contract Thursday in a somewhat tight vote weeks after the United Auto Workers reached an agreement with the company and two others, ending its strike.
Six progressive House Democrats are sponsoring a measure to block a $320 million arms sale to Israel as it fights Hamas in Gaza.
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Starbucks workers strike on Red Cup Day
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Starbucks employees at more than 200 locations walked out on Thursday in a strike coinciding with one of the coffee chain’s busiest days of the year, The Associated Press reported. Workers United organized what it called the “Red Cup Rebellion,” named after Starbucks’s Red Cup Day, where it gives customers ordering holiday drinks reusable red cups. Workers argue the cafes are understaffed on promotional days. The strike is the latest in a series of clashes between Starbucks and labor. |
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GOP candidates vow to defund United Nations
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Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley called for defunding the United Nations in recent days.
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling for Hamas to release hostages and for humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas. Twelve of 15 member countries supported the resolution, while the U.S. and two others abstained. - DeSantis wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “No longer should American taxpayer dollars support this corrupt, morally bankrupt, hotbed of antisemitism that empowers our enemies and coddles dictators and the worst human rights abusers.”
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Haley told Fox News‘s Sean Hannity on Wednesday she agreed that the U.N. had a history of antisemitism and said (not specifically related to the resolution), “[W]e would defund the U.N. as much as possible. The only reason, Sean, you don’t get out of the U.N. is we’re one country of five that has a veto.” Haley criticized the Security Council resolution on X.
Haley served as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under former President Trump. |
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Conflicting accounts surround violence at protest calling for ceasefire
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Organizers of a Wednesday protest outside the Democratic National Committee said 90 demonstrators were injured in clashes with police. Capitol Police said six officers were injured.
Organizers, lawmakers and the Capitol Police have given conflicting accounts regarding which party the violence originated from at the protest. Read more here. |
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Tech companies, Congress grapple with AI in ads
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“In Israel and Gaza, I choose the side of humanity” — Hadar Susskind, president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now. (Read here)
“Treat Hamas like ISIS: Use financial warfare to crush them” — Shlomit Wagman, JSD, LLM, a fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School, former chair of Israel’s Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prohibition Authority and former chair of the Risks, Typologies and Methodologies Group at the Financial Action Task Force. (Read here)
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20 days until the fourth GOP presidential primary debate. |
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