Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth

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The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.

The latest change to the legislative schedule means House members will avoid voting on Republican Thomas Massie’s resolution to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and comes amid a frenzied attempt to propose legislation on artificial intelligence.

Sunny, who joined the Obama family at the White House in 2013, was the second Obama dog after Bo, who died in 2021

Sunny Obama, the Obama family’s second beloved Portuguese water dog, died on Tuesday, Barack Obama announced on Wednesday morning.

“Yesterday, we lost a cherished member of our family,” the former president wrote on social media, attaching a photo of the 14-year-old dog, whom he called “a force of nature”.

David Streever was issued a ‘warning notice’ after sending an email critical of ICE to the agency’s director in January

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may no longer issue a “warning notice” – threatening prosecution against a US citizen – for criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal judge in Washington DC ruled on Tuesday.

Judge Rudolph Contreras sided with David Streever, a New York man who accused DHS officials of violating his first amendment rights when they showed up first at his home in June with a “warning notice”, claiming he made a threat against former ICE director Todd Lyons, and then to a hotel where Streever and his young daughter were staying.