CNN — A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, groped and fondled his groin as he drove Schlapp back to an Atlanta hotel several weeks before the November midterm election. The strategist, a male in his late thirties who was working for …
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House Republicans are in a quandary as to what to do about Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., and his fantastical stream of falsehoods. Most Republicans have said that this is up to the people of his district. However, there are increasing calls from New York Republicans — notably Rep. Anthony D’Esposito …
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has vowed to bar Democrats Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar from serving on House committees. The threat, which McCarthy repeated this week, is retaliation for Democrats having removed Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from their …
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House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday joined forces and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new committee to examine U.S. strategic competition with China, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declared on the House floor that neither Republicans nor Democrats trust China anymore. “We spent decades passing policies that welcomed China …
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CNN — One of Kevin McCarthy’s first acts as speaker of the House was to take a selfie with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right conspiracy theorist and election denier who has emerged as one of his staunchest allies. That image, which Greene immediately posted on social media, encapsulates the …
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CNN — The Home is anticipated to vote Monday night on the principles package deal for the 118th Congress, in what is going to mark the primary check of Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s slim Republican majority after he made key concessions to GOP hardliners to win the gavel. McCarthy’s concessions …
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Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday mentioned he is not going to resign over his dealing with of the border crisis and insisted he can be prepared for future investigations by Home Republicans whereas persevering with to satisfy his day by day duties. Throughout an look on ABC’s “This …
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CONCORD, N.H. – Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire isn’t closing any doorways in the case of a doable run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “A lot of oldsters are coming to me. Quite a lot of people need me to run. It’s undoubtedly conversations that we’re having,” Sununu advised …
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A model new Republican member of Congress from Florida tweeted a surprising joke in regards to the 2022 vicious residence invasion beating of 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, husband of former Home speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Lastly,” slammed new Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), “one much less gavel within the Pelosi home for …
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After a midterm election and report stream of anti-transgender legislation final 12 months, Republican state lawmakers this 12 months are zeroing in on questions of bodily autonomy with new proposals to restrict gender-affirming well being care and abortion entry. Greater than two dozen payments looking for to limit transgender well …
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WASHINGTON ― Because the chaos unfolded on the ground of the Home of Representatives this week and Republicans struggled to elect a speaker, some lawmakers couldn’t assist however see hyperlinks to the violent Jan. 6, 2021, riot that passed off right here two years prior. Lots of the similar far-right …
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The self-proclaimed nonpartisan Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) welcomed a document variety of members this week, however the group may have been even bigger if it had not denied membership to Republican Rep.-elect Byron Donalds. Firstly of the 118th Congress, Democrats celebrated reaching 58 members within the CBC, and a document …
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