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U.S. House members who flout new security measures implemented at the Capitol in the wake of the January 6 riots now face hefty fines that could come directly out of their paychecks.

Former President Donald Trump is likely to be acquitted during his upcoming trial, but more Republicans think he has blame for the Capitol riot than thought his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was illegal.

Democrats are one step closer to passing the COVID-19 relief package, which includes $1,400 checks for all Americans earning below $50,000 a year.

The House of Representatives voted 230 to 199 in favor of Greene's removal from two key committees on Thursday.

Republicans had their chance to lead. They failed. Now they just want to obstruct—again.

The newly elected Colorado Republican has been criticized for mocking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said Thursday that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) had obtained a permit to carry a concealed gun in Washington, D.C. following a viral video showing her promising to carry firearms "in Congress."

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to remove Greene from its education and budget committees during a floor vote on Thursday.

The GOP congresswoman recalled a hostage incident that happened while she was in high school in 1990.

"We can't walk away from an additional $1,400 in direct checks, because people need it," Joe Biden told Democrats this week. "I'm not going to start my administration by breaking a promise to people."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that Democratic leaders had hoped to have an answer by now of whether the minimum wage hike will be allowed.

President Joe Biden won't negotiate on the $1,400 payment amount, but said he's open to reducing the number of people who are eligible.

"It's a tight deadline," Gordon Gray of the American Action Forum told Newsweek. "It's achievable, but it's a very tight schedule."

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Due to gaps and weaknesses in the CDC moratorium, as well as a lack of consistent adherence and enforcement of it, evictions have remained widespread across the country.

The House Minority Leader called Democrats' resolution to remove Greene from her current committee assignments a "distraction" on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said, "There's no analogy that I think can be credibly made between the actions of [Marjorie Taylor] Greene and almost anyone else in Congress with whom I've served."

"If the president called me and wanted me to go defend him on the floor of the Senate, that would be the top priority in my life," Gaetz told Steve Bannon during a podcast appearance.

If Democrats fall in line, Republicans will be powerless to stop Greene from being removed from her committee assignments.

Greene accused Democrats of being "set out to destroy Republicans, your jobs, our economy, your children's education and lives, steal our freedoms, and erase God's creation."

The Georgia Republican remains a divisive figure even among Republican voters, with about 1 in 5 ranking her as favorable and unfavorable.

"They're trying to make sure it's targeted to the people who really need it," Manchin said about a third round of stimulus checks. "That's what will happen and it will go out quickly once it's passed."

"Ilhan Omar can lie and marry her brother to circumvent our laws and not get in trouble ... The double standards are atrocious," a group of GOP leaders from Georgia wrote on Tuesday.

"We will need to establish a 9/11-type Commission to examine and report upon the facts, causes and security relating to the terrorist mob attack on January 6," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter addressed to her Democratic colleagues on Tuesday.

"Lives are literally hanging in the balance of your corporate actions and decisions," the representatives wrote in response to the Facebook-organized Dodger Stadium anti-vaccine protest Saturday, "you must do more."

Mayorkas will be the first Latino and immigrant to oversee the Homeland Security Department.

"The new administration deserves credit for approaching this situation in a way that's bipartisan and coordinated with Congress," the Republican leader said.

"I will only support moving in a bipartisan way," said the Democratic senator from West Virginia.

If a third stimulus check is based on a person's most recent tax return, making more or less money in 2020 could change how much a person receives.

Two proposals in California would send stimulus checks to immigrants left out of federal relief. One has payments at $600 and one boosts stimulus checks to $1,800.