US congressman faces sexual harassment probe

The US House Ethics Committee announced Friday it had opened an investigation into a Democratic representative accused of sexually harassing two women, while a female congressional candidate who was accused of harassment dropped out of a race.

The committee said in a statement it was aware of "public allegations" against Ruben Kihuen, a 37-year-old representative from Nevada, who was only elected last year.

The first woman to come forward with allegations, published by BuzzFeed, said Kihuen made repeated sexual advances and touched her thigh twice without consent while she was working on his campaign team in 2016.