United States Senate
Hardline Republicans in the House spent much of Thursday grousing after Speaker Mike Johnson cut a deal with his counterparts in the Senate and White House to advance the measure.
The Kentucky senator is ending a record run in the chamber.
“Instead of one of those phony statements from politicians, here’s my statement on why I’m withdrawing my candidacy for the U.S. senate,” Matt Rosendale began.
Hogan, the former Maryland governor, is favored to win the Republican nomination.
Capitol Police said there is “currently no evidence that a crime was committed.”
The New Jersey senator’s lawyers called the government’s case against their client a distortion of reality and “rotten at its core.”
Social media blew up on Friday night after a graphic video was posted of two men, one of whom is allegedly a Senate staffer, having sex on the dais of a Senate hearing room.