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Prosecutors say the representative and her family stole $5 million in federal disaster funds through their health care company, which the government alleges was overpaid for services related to COVID-19 vaccinations.
The third-term representative, who denies wrongdoing, criticized the ethics process, saying the committee refused her attorney's request for time to prepare her defense and moved forward during an ongoing federal criminal process.
There's no fixed timeline for an election to replace her in the safe blue seat.
State law gives Florida's Republican governor broad latitude on when to schedule a special election.
House Democrats may now move to expel Republican Representative Corey Mills, who also faces an ethics investigation.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, the Capitol.
Amid peace talks and a looming end to the ceasefire, President Trump posted to social media that a U.S.
Navy guided missile destroyer, quote, blew a hole in the engine room, end quote, of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, the Tuska.
Trump says Marines then took control of the vessel and moved to investigate its cargo.
He said the Iranian flagship was under existing U.S.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump alleged that Iran had violated the ceasefire by firing at other ships transiting the waterway.
The incident is sure to complicate planned peace talks in Pakistan this week.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, the White House.
intelligence agencies to scoop up the communications of more than 300,000 foreign nationals located out of the United States each year.
The government says the intelligence collected under FISA 702 underpins a huge share of the president's daily intelligence briefings.
But reformers in both parties have long been concerned about the government reviewing Americans' private information gathered as part of the surveillance and sought tighter regulations on how it can do so and the repercussions for violating protocol.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, the Capitol.
California Democrat Eric Swalwell and Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez are both resigning under threat of expulsion from Congress.