Representative Don Bacon acknowledged Sunday that it is “possible” that Speaker Mike Johnson will lose the top House job over an impending vote on aid to Ukraine. “I’m…
Read more It’s “Possible” Mike Johnson Will Lose Speakership Over Ukraine: Rep. Don BaconAt a time when Republicans want voters to give them more power, by putting them in control of the Senate and White House with ballots in November, let’s…
Read more Mike Johnson’s House Is ImplodingMike Johnson’s razor-thin House majority got even tinier on Friday, after Wisconsin Representative Mike Gallagher announced plans to retire in April. Gallagher, who has served in Congress since…
Read more Rep. Mike Gallagher To Leave Congress, Further Shrinking House Republican MajorityEven Donald Trump understands the economy is getting better under Joe Biden—so much so that he’s taking credit for it. The stock market is surging, he recently said…
Read more Congress Looks Like Just Another Trump Campaign ArmWith a government shutdown looming in less than a week, the GOP-led House of Representatives started 2024 by checking off an essential item of business: buying new navy-blue…
Read more Congress Spends $40K To Change Color of House Lapel Pins From Green to Navy Blue Because They CanNew York Representative Elise Stefanik, the fourth-ranking member of House Republican leadership and a staunch defender of former President Donald Trump, refused to say whether she would certify…
Read more Representative Elise Stefanik Refuses to Commit to Certify 2024 Results, Calls January 6 Prisoners “Hostages”It’s 2024, and the Iowa caucuses are just days away. Host Brian Stelter talks with Michael Calderone, editor of Vanity Fair’s the Hive, and Vanity Fair executive editor Claire Howorth about the defining…
Read more To Panic, or Not to Panic: The 2024 Election QuestionColorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday that she was switching districts in next year’s 2024 House race, in a bid to salvage her scandal-plagued political career. In…
Read more Lauren Boebert Switches Congressional Districts in a Desperate Bid To Save Political CareerFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was unceremoniously ousted by hard-right conservatives after 269 days in office, is now endorsing former President Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election bid. “I…
Read more “I Will Support Donald Trump”: Ex-Speaker McCarthy Endorses 2024 GOP Frontrunner, Mulls Cabinet RoleNew York Congressman George Santos admitted his days in the Capitol are numbered in a rollicking, three-hour-long Friday conversation on X Spaces, formerly Twitter Spaces, hosted by journalist…
Read more Representative George Santos, Facing Likely Expulsion, Says Congress Is Filled With “Felons Galore”House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Friday plans to release more than 40,000 hours of security footage taken during the January 6 attack on the Capitol, pleasing former…
Read more Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Release of 40,000 Hours of January 6 FootageWith a partial government shutdown looming in less than a week, US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson unveiled a two-step plan on Saturday to fund the government…
Read more Speaker Mike Johnson Unveils Never-Before-Attempted Budget Proposal to Avert US Government ShutdownFreshly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson is defending his plan to fund U.S. aid to Israel by gutting the Internal Revenue Service as evidence of Republicans “trying to…
Read more Speaker Johnson: GOP Funding Israel Aid By Gutting the IRS Is Just Us Being “Good Stewards of the Taxpayer’s Resources”Mike Johnson’s meteoric elevation from an under-the-radar congressman from Louisiana to second-in-line to the U.S. presidency sent journalists, Democrats and Republicans alike to uncover information about the personal…
Read more House Speaker Mike Johnson Responds to New Round of Scrutiny About Black SonAs Ohio Representative Jim Jordan rushes to secure the necessary votes in advance of a Tuesday vote for Speaker of the House, he and his allies are activating…
Read more Jim Jordan and Allies Unleash Public Pressure Campaign on Speaker Vote Holdouts“Have I been too glum?” Dana Milbank asked me. I had just spent 20 minutes with the Washington Post columnist talking about the GOP, the party that is…
Read more Dana Milbank on “Destructionist” House Republicans, the Trump-Led Primary, and the Joys of GardeningEnding speculation that he would actively seek the newly-vacated House speakership, former President Donald Trump endorsed Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,…
Read more Donald Trump Endorses Staunch Ally Jim Jordan for House SpeakerOn Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter talks to Vanity Fair’s Abigail Tracy and veteran political journalist John Harwood about Kevin McCarthy’s failure to control his House GOP…
Read more The Exquisite Agony of Being Kevin McCarthyStefanik endorsed Trump’s 2024 bid in November of 2022, before the former president had even formally announced his intention of running again. She voted against certifying Biden’s election win, amplified conspiracies about…
Read more Can Elise Stefanik Become MAGA’s Messenger in Chief?President Joe Biden lingered in the halls of Congress last night after his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, possibly even longer than he had the year…
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