Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is set to join the House Homeland Security committee in a decision that is drawing disbelief and disgust from her critics who find themselves unable to fathom that a onetime 9/11 truther and spreader of countless conspiracies will now sit on a committee making decisions about America's defence.
The news broke on Tuesday as committee assignments for the 118th Congress were released following the marathon vote to confirm Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Ms Greene notably did not join anti-McCarthy rebels on the right in an attempt to block his bid in what many speculated was a bid for his favour.
She will now have access to potentially sensitive classified information, a significant change of fortune for the Georgia congresswoman who was stripped of her committee memberships during the last Congress after a Facebook account in her name was found to have "liked" comments endorsing violence against Democrats including Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker.
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent attorney Duncan Levin speaks to Rachel Sharp about the case against Bryan Kohberger and what to expect for the next moves from the defence and the prosecution
Anonymous staffer claims alleged fondling incident took place in car on way to Atlanta hotel
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The Big Question
Ana Walshe vanished on New Years. Now her fraudster husband is facing a murder charge. What happened?
Massachusetts mother of three Ana Walshe was supposed to have commuted back to Washington DC on New Year's Day where she works for a high-end real estate company.
But police say that there is no evidence she ever took a ride-share to Boston's Logan Airport as planned and she has not been seen since the early hours of 1 January.
When her husband and bosses reported her missing on 4 January, a police search was launched in and around the family's property in Cohasset, Massachusetts, as well as their home in Washington's Chevy Chase neighbourhood.
– Canadian woman Daniella Leis, convicted of impaired driving in a 2019 crash that led to a massive explosion in London, Ontario, is suing the food and beverage company that served her alcohol, aiming to make them liable for the costs. .
"I got him elected, pure and simple. And there was no reason to go wild about endorsing him ... So, now I hear he might want to run against me. So, we'll handle that the way I handle things."
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