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1th Anniversary Of The Sandy Hook Shooting - Washington

United States Representative Byron Donalds (Republican of Florida) speaks to press on the House Steps after the House adjourns for the year in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate

STORY: U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect the speaker 2. various of exteriors of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned on Tuesday evening after its members failed to elect a speaker for the lower chamber. U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes in three ballots earlier in the day after a group of House Republicans voted against him. There will be at least a fourth vote as House members agreed to adjourn until Wednesday noon. McCarthy was reportedly negotiating with fellow Republicans on Tuesday night. The political drama came nearly two months after the 2022 midterm elections, in which Republicans flipped the House and Democrats held onto their majority in the Senate. This was the first time in a century that the

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Extra Diet session adjourns, regular session to begin Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda pose for photographers during a meeting at parliament on Jan. 15 after the Diet breaks off for a two-day recess. The extraordinary Diet session, which was convened Sept. 10 under then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and adjourned Jan. 15, was twice extended to allow the government to push through a new law to allow Japan to resume its refueling mission for allied warships in the Indian Ocean. The regular Diet session convenes on Jan. 18.

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Japanese Diet adjourns

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese House of Councillors clap their hands as the Diet ends its 166th ordinary parliamentary session July 5, setting the stage for the upper house election slated for July 29 that could determine the fate of embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Diet session adjourns without resolving key issues

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers leave the House of Representatives plenary session hall as the 53-day extraordinary Diet session adjourned on Dec. 3 without much progress made on the contentious issues of shady political donations and whether to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq.

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(2)Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stands beside a signboard for the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters for the coming upper house election on July 11.

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(3)Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada rallies party members ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers leave the House of Representatives chamber as Japan's parliament ended a 150-day ordinary session June 16 after tackling issues on Iraq and pension reform. The closure effectively marks the start of campaigns for the House of Councillors election in July.

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Diet panel gives up trying to find single site for new capital

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a House of Representatives committee, who are studying relocating central government functions outside Tokyo, stand to approve giving up on trying to pick a location before the Diet adjourns next month.

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Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.

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Lawmakers Vote To Hold Steve Bannon In Contempt - Washington

United States Representative Liz Cheney (Republican of Wyoming), Vice Chair, US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, left, talks with United States Representative Jamie Raskin (Democrat of Maryland), right, while United States Representative Bennie Thompson (Democrat of Mississippi), Chair, US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, center, passes by, as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol adjourns after holding one of former President Donald Trump's allies in contempt, former strategist Steve Bannon in the Canon House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawmakers Vote To Hold Steve Bannon In Contempt - Washington

United States Representative Bennie Thompson (Democrat of Mississippi), Chair, US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, right, United States Representative Elaine Luria (Democrat of Virginia), center, and United States Representative Adam Kinzinger (Republican of Illinois), depart as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol adjourns after holding one of former President Donald Trump's allies in contempt, former strategist Steve Bannon in the Canon House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawmakers Vote To Hold Steve Bannon In Contempt - Washington

United States Representative Adam Schiff (Democrat of California), left, and United States Representative Zoe Lofgren (Democrat of California), right, depart as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol adjourns after holding one of former President Donald Trump's allies in contempt, former strategist Steve Bannon in the Canon House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Diet session adjourns without resolving key issues

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers leave the House of Representatives plenary session hall as the 53-day extraordinary Diet session adjourned on Dec. 3 without much progress made on the contentious issues of shady political donations and whether to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Japanese Diet adjourns

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese House of Councillors clap their hands as the Diet ends its 166th ordinary parliamentary session July 5, setting the stage for the upper house election slated for July 29 that could determine the fate of embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo)

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Extra Diet session adjourns, regular session to begin Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda pose for photographers during a meeting at parliament on Jan. 15 after the Diet breaks off for a two-day recess. The extraordinary Diet session, which was convened Sept. 10 under then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and adjourned Jan. 15, was twice extended to allow the government to push through a new law to allow Japan to resume its refueling mission for allied warships in the Indian Ocean. The regular Diet session convenes on Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Thousands of people demonstrate outside the legislature building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016, protesting against the separatism stance of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, two members of localist group Youngspiration. The head of the legislature called off the weekly meeting the same day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and request to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung meet with reporters inside the legislative council building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016. The head of Hong Kong legislature called off the weekly meeting that day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and requested to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court adjourns hearing on Khmer Rouge's Brother No. 2

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, better known as Brother No. 2, attends his appeal hearing at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on Feb. 4. It was his first public appearance since 1998 when he surrendered to the Cambodian government. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Rio Paralympics starts

Carlos Arthur Nuzman (R on front), Rio Paralympics organizing committee head, adjourns his speech during the opening ceremony on Sept. 7, 2016, after he was booed by members of the audience for referring to cooperation from the central and local governments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers leave the House of Representatives chamber as Japan's parliament ended a 150-day ordinary session June 16 after tackling issues on Iraq and pension reform. The closure effectively marks the start of campaigns for the House of Councillors election in July. (Kyodo)

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(3)Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada rallies party members ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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(2)Diet adjourns, upper house campaigns effectively start

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stands beside a signboard for the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters for the coming upper house election on July 11. (Kyodo)

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Diet panel gives up trying to find single site for new capital

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a House of Representatives committee, who are studying relocating central government functions outside Tokyo, stand to approve giving up on trying to pick a location before the Diet adjourns next month. (Kyodo)

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Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.

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Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.