Washington — Democrat Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in as a member of Congress on Wednesday when the House returns, seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview with CNN on Monday night that Grijalva will be administered the oath of office after the House gavels in and before it holds …
Read More »As Johnson Delays, Grijalva Sues to Be Sworn In to Congress The New York Times Arizona sues over Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Democrats’ newest congresswoman CNN Arizona AG sues to force House Speaker Johnson to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva NBC News Speaker Johnson hit with Democrat-led lawsuit over delayed swearing-in amid House shutdown chaos Fox News Arizona attorney general sues Mike Johnson …
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP More than three weeks after winning her congressional race, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva never imagined her fight to get sworn into office would take this long. The Arizona Democrat has keys to her office, but not much else. “I have …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father. The delay has attracted mounting attention this week, with Johnson challenged by lawmakers, reporters and even C-SPAN viewers about why Grijalva hasn’t been given the …
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Senator Jeff Merkley took to X to express his discontent with the government shutdown and the delayed swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva. In the post, Merkley pointed out that Arizona Rep. Grijalva was elected to Congress more than two weeks ago. She won a special election in Arizona, taking the seat over from her late father, the former Democratic rep …
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Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump removed her predecessor who declined to bring charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general. The appointment of Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience and was the …
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Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. September 16, 2025 Stephen I. Miran sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System For release at 10:30 a.m. EDT Judge Elizabeth L. Branch …
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Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will temporarily serve as acting commissioner for the president, a White House official and a source familiar with the matter said to Reuters on Friday. The New York Times first reported the news about Long, a former congressman from Missouri. …
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Dean Cain, the actor known for his role as television’s Superman throughout the 1990s, announced Wednesday that he intends to enlist as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, just hours after the agency announced it would waive age limits for new applicants. ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told CBS News that Cain will be sworn in as an honorary ICE …
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