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The first Palestinian American woman in Congress was formally rebuked this week, but allies say she’ll keep speaking up for peace and justice

Experts say a fractured Republican Party is increasingly turning away from Ukraine in favour of support for Israel.

David DePape’s trial is set to begin this month

The resolution needed a two-thirds majority to succeed, but fell well short

Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.

This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30

Mike Johnson has become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives

US president Joe Biden has proposed a new US$105 billion (£86.5 billion) national security aid package, including $61 billion for Ukraine.

After much ado, the GOP made their choice – a leading figure in the Republican attempt to overturn the 2020 election – but he faces the same bind as his predecessor

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vacate the chair,” what followed was weeks of uncertainty. Until conservative Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of…

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.