Topic: George Santos

Citing a desire to keep the U.S. House of Representatives under Republican control, former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday dropped his independent bid for New York's 1st District House seat.

Former Republican Congressman George Santos says he will now attempt to run for office as an independent after what he called an "embarrassing showing" by the House GOP during a vote to avert a government shutdown.

Former congressman and noted fabulist George Santos announced Thursday night that he was running for Congress, about three months after he was expelled from the House of Representatives.

Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, was poised Tuesday night to win a special election in New York to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant after former GOP Rep. George Santos was expelled from Congress.

The House is expected to take another crack at an impeachment vote against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise returning to his seat.

Santos wants more time to negotiate a plea deal with new attorneys

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the No. 2 ranking House Republican, is undergoing a stem cell-transplant as he battles cancer, his office said Friday.

The 118th Congress is nearing the end of its first year by hitting a historical mark for inactivity: The U.S. House and Senate have passed 22 pieces of legislation, the lowest tally since the Great Depression.

The New York GOP has nominated Ethiopian-born Israeli Defense Forces paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip to run in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Rep. George Santos' expulsion.

The House voted Wednesday to authorize the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as lawmakers voted along party lines. Earlier, Hunter Biden defied a request to testify against his father.