Author: Candy Woodall, USA TODAY

Fentanyl poisoning, an increasingly deadly phase of the opioid crisis, prompts House hearing, as Congress tries to curb overdose deaths.

The Treasury will run out of money to pay US bills llike Social Security and military paychecks this summer; there’s no exact day yet, the CBO said.

The Pennsylvania Democrat was hospitalized after feeling lightheaded Wednesday. His office said initial tests showed no signs of a new stroke.

Sen. Mitt Romney told Rep. George Santos he doesn’t belong in Congress before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

Republican George Santos, amid calls to step down from Congress, resigned from two House committees a day after meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

George Santos, who has admitted to lying about his personal and professional background, is facing the most scrutiny for campaign finance reports.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters they had not seen the call from New York Republicans for Santos to step down.

There are two main groups of GOP lawmakers who could stand in Kevin McCarthy’s way of becoming the next House speaker when the new Congress is seated.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed the attacker demanded to confront her during the attack. She was not in San Francisco at the time of incident.