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Supreme Court judge and a former House Speaker: West Virginia justice and longtime Republican leader dies at 60. Who is Tim Armstead? | World News

Tim Armstead (Pic credit: AP) Tim Armstead, a West Virginia Supreme Court justice and former Republican House speaker, died at the age of 60, the state’s highest court announced on Tuesday. Armstead passed away after a brief hospitalization, though officials did not disclose details. A veteran lawmaker, Armstead served two decades in the West Virginia […]

‘Disgusting degenerate’: Trump slams former house speaker Nancy Pelosi over market profits; links husband’s investments to ‘insider information’

US President Donald Trump, left, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi U.S. President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi, on Saturday, accusing them of profiting from “inside information” and claiming their 2024 stock market gains outpaced Wall Street’s top investors.Taking to his Truth Social, […]

Epstein files row derails House session: Speaker Mike Johnson announces early end; Maxwell subpoena, records battle loom

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., blames Democrats, former President Joe Biden, and Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie of Kentucky, over the Jeffrey Epstein situation (AP photo) The Congressional upheaval over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation deepened this week as House Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly announced an early end to the legislative session, cutting it short […]

Republicans will pass Trump’s tax bill: Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON: With an uncharacteristically feistiness, speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Trump’s breakup with billionaire Elon Musk.The Republican House leader and staunch Trump ally said Musk’s criticism of GOP’s massive tax and budget policy bill will not derail the measure, and he downplayed Musk’s influence over GOP-controlled Congress. “I didn’t go out […]

US Speaker reacts to Indian-American Megha Vemuri’s pro-Palestine speech: ‘Have your children avoid MIT’

Indian-American student Megha Vemuri is at the center of a major controversy as she spoke against Israel in her MIT commencement speech. Speaker Mike Johnson reacted to Indian-origin Megha Vemuri’s pro-Palestine speech at the commencement ceremony and called it ignorant, hateful and morally bankrupt. Johnson also took MIT to task as he questioned why the […]

Sarah McBride: Republican speaker backs proposal to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms in US Congress, Sarah McBride responds | World News

After House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated support for Republic proposal preventing Trans Congresswoman elected from Delaware Sarah McBride from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol , McBride said that she will use the men’s restroom on Capitol Hill. In her statement, she said that she is not here to fight about bathrooms but to fight […]