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Donald Trump Orders Prison Release of GOP Congressman's Son, Who Got 8 Years for Distributing Meth
Trump, 79, officially commuted the federal sentence of James Phillip Womack, the son of Rep. Steve Womack, on Thursday, Jan. 15, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney. An official Executive Grant of Clemency issued by the U.S. Department of Justice formally announced the commutation of the Arkansas congressman’s son.
Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa has died, further shrinking the narrow GOP House majority, according to party leaders.
A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st U.S. state as President Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that veteran downstate Republican Rep. Mike Bost has standing to pursue a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ election law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked or certified by Election Day to be counted up to 14 days later.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), who has largely managed to quiet the once-vocal conservative effort to oust him from office, will nonetheless face a
Republicans are looking to pass another reconciliation bill following on from the One Big Beautiful Bill in July 2025.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress for more than a decade, has died at the age of 65.
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California Congressman Doug LaMalfa dies at 65, further tightening GOP’s razor-thin House majority
Doug LaMalfa, a longtime Republican congressman from Northern California, has died, House GOP leadership announced Tuesday, further shrinking the party’s precarious majority in the chamber.