To create a new state, the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate, the House of Representatives, State Houses ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued ...

President Donald Trump has highlighted our broken federal disaster system and the urgent need for states to lead. As former ...

This clarification comes in response to a widely circulated report claiming that the House had formally proposed the creation of 31 new states. The report falsely asserted that the Constitution Review ...

The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee’s proposed creation of 31 additional states besides the country’s 36 existing states has sparked widespread reactions from prominent ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ben­jamin Okezie Kalu has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to temper justice with mercy and give freedom to the leader of the ...

If Duterte’s impeachment trial is held during the congressional break, and the Senate — acting as the impeachment court — convicts her before the 20th Congress convenes, this process would take place ...

After more than a decade of trying to bring a casino to Linn County, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted 4-1 to grant ...

Under the agreement announced by House leadership Wednesday night, Republicans will control the speakership until the end of ...

Under a new power-sharing deal, Demuth will be speaker at least through next year. She spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.