PoliticsAnalysis
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can breathe a little easier now that more than 80% of his House colleagues put an end to the latest drama… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Austin Scott, a Republican from Georgia who has criticized conservatives and is campaigning actively against the House Freedom Caucus chairman, is Speaker Mike Johnson’s… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through… Read More
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas personally declined a request from presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secret Service protection last July. The newly revealed… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Only 17 days remain in 2023, and members of Congress are preparing to leave Washington to return to their districts for Christmas. It has been… Read More
SecurityCommentary
China’s recent military activity around Taiwan reached new heights after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in April with then-U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. This increase… Read More
PoliticsNews
During a secret ballot on Friday, House Republicans voted to remove Jim Jordan as the nominee for speaker of the House of Representatives. Republicans held… Read More
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The House of Representatives has voted for a third time on Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker, and for a third time, Jordan has… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
House Republicans’ failure to elect a new speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster two weeks ago has denied the House of Representatives—and by extension, the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Multiple Republican members of Congress who yesterday voted for Congressman Jim Jordan to become speaker of the House of Representatives chose to vote for other… Read More
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Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma took himself out of the running for speaker of the House over the weekend, leaving fellow Republican Reps. Jim Jordan… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday was historic, but now it’s time to talk about the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Update: Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has officially announced he’s running to be the next House speaker. Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A political earthquake happened Tuesday night. The fallout from Saturday’s unsatisfying status quo budget deal came swiftly as the House voted to oust the speaker in the… Read More
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted as House speaker earlier Tuesday, says he will not run again to be House speaker. “I may have lost… Read More
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his position Tuesday afternoon. Eight Republicans and all Democrats present voted to remove McCarthy. “The office of speaker… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Congress has averted a government shutdown—for now. The continuing resolution passed Saturday keeps government agencies funded at current levels until Nov. 17. The bill passed… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The nightly “news” cannot be expected to offer you an “explainer” on anything happening in Washington. Their ratings gurus would tell them that trying to… Read More
PoliticsNews
If President Joe Biden wishes to avoid a government shutdown, he should sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hammer out a plan to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Another year, another “government shutdown” fight on Capitol Hill. As of this writing, 12 appropriations bills need to pass by Sept. 30 or the government… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Thursday’s indictment of presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden on three gun-related criminal counts is the latest twist in the long, winding, and rapidly escalating saga… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy authorized the House of Representatives to move forward on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based on what Republicans have… Read More
EconomyNews
The House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers in the House, outlined Monday what conditions would need to be met for it to vote… Read More
PoliticsNews
Republicans are calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to apply reforms to the pandemic response legislation in order to protect the American people from future… Read More
InternationalNews
A number of high-profile Democrats voted Tuesday against a resolution that condemns antisemitism and declares that Israel is not a “racist or apartheid state.” Nine… Read More
EconomyNews
President Joe Biden signed the debt ceiling bill into law on Saturday a week after reaching a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “No… Read More
EconomyNews
The Senate voted Thursday evening to pass the debt ceiling legislation, clearing the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law. The Senate… Read More
EconomyNews
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., proposes to cap government spending in an amendment to the House-passed debt ceiling bill that resulted from negotiations between President Joe… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden cut a deal to raise the debt limit. The breakthrough came after… Read More
PoliticsNews
The House voted Wednesday evening to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and begin to curb government spending with the votes of both Democrats and Republicans…. Read More
