McCarthy sets vote to remove Cheney from House Republican leadership
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Washington — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told House Republicans on Monday that there would be a vote to recall Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney as chairwoman of the GOP conference on Wednesday, saying it's "clear" there needs to be a change in the ranks of House Republican leadership.
"If we are to succeed in stopping the radical Democrat agenda from destroying our country, these internal conflicts need to be resolved so as to not detract from the efforts of our collective team," he said in a letter to House Republicans obtained by CBS News. "Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it's clear that we need to make a change." McCarthy's relationship with Cheney has noticeably chilled since he supported her during a previous failed effort by some House Republicans to oust her from her post as conference chair in February after she voted to impeach former President Trump on a charge of inciting the January 6 attacks on the Capitol.President Joe Biden said France was America's "first friend" at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions.
The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau last week launched an inquiry into what the agency is calling "junk fees in mortgage closing costs." These additional fees, involving home appraisal, title insurance and other services, have spiked in recent years and can add thousands of dollars to the final cost of buying a home.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.