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U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before they testify before a Joint Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing examining the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Secret Service acting director says he is ‘ashamed’ over Trump shooting and blames agency’s ‘failure to challenge our assumptions’

By Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, and others

President Joe Biden speaks during a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, posthumously honoring two U.S. Army privates who were part of a daring Union Army contingent that stole a Confederate train during the Civil War. U.S. Army Pvts. Philip G. Shadrach and George D. Wilson were captured by Confederates and executed by hanging. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘No one’s pushing me out’: Biden vows to stay in race even as signs point to eroding support from Democrats on Capitol Hill

By Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert, and others

FILE – Activists supporting Ukraine, demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington, April 20, 2024. The Senate is returning to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine and Israel. They are taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate easily passes $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan majority

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves, and others

Marco Rubio speaks with reporters

Senate votes to renew spy program just after midnight expiration, defeating efforts to limit FBI access to intel

By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

FILE – House Commerce subcommittee chair Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., speaks, Feb. 26, 2020, during a hearing on the budget and the coronavirus threat, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eshoo announced Tuesday she is not running for reelection next year, which marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California’s Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File )

Democrat Anna Eshoo announces retirement after 30 years representing Silicon Valley in Congress

By Farnoush Amiri and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 25: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds alongside fellow lawmakers as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. After a contentious nominating period that has seen four candidates over a three-week period, the House GOP conference selected Johnson as their most recent nominee to succeed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP finally unites to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker, ending 3 weeks of Congressional chaos

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

Mike Johnson walking through the halls of the Capitol building

After 3 failed attempts to elect a new speaker, Republicans put forward an obscure figure who rallied support for Trump’s 2020 election challenge

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks with members of the media following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House voted to pass a short-term, bipartisan funding bill that could avert a government shutdown and sent it to the Senate just hours before a midnight deadline. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Tom Emmer abandons House Speaker bid just hours after becoming the latest GOP nominee, adding to the Congressional chaos

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 20: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to the media as he leaves a closed-door House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Republican caucus is searching for a new Speaker of the House candidate after Rep. Jim Jordan failed on three separate attempts to achieve a majority of votes in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans dump Jim Jordan as House Speaker nominee, leaving Congress in crisis yet again

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan supports empowering interim speaker so he can campaign for the job full-time

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Patrick McHenry, Jim Jordan

Republicans just dumped Jim Jordan again. They’re looking for another speaker candidate

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, talks with reporters as House Republicans meet again behind closed doors to find a path to elect a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., dropped out of the race Thursday night, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans choose Trump ally Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans continue to debate their pick for Speaker after their initial nominee, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), failed to secure the number of votes needed. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he was ousted last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Steve Scalise gesturing while speaking

Steve Scalise, the Republicans’ nominee for House speaker, is having trouble getting the votes he needs to win the gavel

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

U.S. Rep Jim Jordan (

Donald Trump endorses ‘GREAT’ Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to take over from Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

By Jill Colvin, Farnoush Amiri, and others