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The Republican-led US House of Representatives votes to launch a formal impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden motivated by his son's controversial foreign business dealings, accusations dismissed as unfounded by Democrats. IMAGES
The US House of Representatives votes to raise the federal debt limit, moving the country a step closer to eliminating the threat of a calamitous credit default -- just five days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury. The deeply divided lower chamber of Congress voted 314 to 117 to suspend the borrowing cap through 2024, and the Senate is expected to follow suit before the end of the week. IMAGES
The US House of Representatives votes to keep federal agencies running for another 11 weeks and avoid a costly holiday-season government shutdown, although the stop-gap measure faces a thorny path in the Senate. IMAGES
A bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump seven days from the end of his term. IMAGES
Business Insider reports that a Republican congressional candidate in Iowa is set to win her race by just six votes after a recount. GOP candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks is set to win Iowa's second Congressional District. She will beat Democrat Rita Hart by just 0.001% of the vote. Miller-Meeks was initially named as the winner of the race. She flipped Iowa's second congressional district from blue to red after 13 years of Democratic control. However, her opponent asked for a recount due to the narrow nature of Miller-Meeks' win.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).