• ICYMI: Senate GOP is delusional, House GOP is desperate, and Trump hates football

    Super-patriotic GOP candidate forgets words to the Pledge of Allegiance Watch him pledge his allegiance to um uh   Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump What’s that definition of insanity again? Cartoon: A prickly situation Oh, Arizona. Polls show there's a cost to Trump alienating Haley voters Maybe telling them to take a hike wasn’t the best plan after all. This big county will host its first sheriff's race since the '60s And wouldn’t you know...

  • House GOP wants to make ‘appliance week’ happen

    During Donald Trump’s presidency, “infrastructure week” in Congress was a thing that the White House kept trying and failing to make happen. It became a running joke on social media because Trump never did manage to persuade lawmakers to put the desired $1 trillion infrastructure spending package on his desk. It remains to be seen […]

  • EDITORIAL: GOP House disunion has potentially disastrous consequences

    A threatened vote of no confidence clouds House Speaker Mike Johnson’s future.

  • If The GOP Loses Its House Majority, It's Speaker Johnson's Fault

    And actually, we’d be better off with a Democrat-controlled Congress (and an actual GOP opposition) than whatever this is.

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    Pelosi slams ‘Putin caucus’ within House GOP

    CNN’s Abby Phillip speaks with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the House Speaker emerita, about Ukraine aid.

  • House GOP grills Mayorkas on the ongoing border crisis

    Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., on Republicans accusing DHS Secretary Mayorkas of

  • The walls are closing in on GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson

    House Speaker Mike Johnson is having another bad week, and it’s only Tuesday. He got the Republican conference together Tuesday morning to present his complicated plan for the House to vote on aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The business of the day was derailed by Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who told Johnson he’s on thin ice. I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by @RepMTG. He should pre-announce his resignation (as...

  • House GOP manufactures new fight after Biden impeachment fails

    House Republicans’ attempt to impeach President Joe Biden has fizzled out. But the two members tasked with the job, Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and Oversight Chair James Comer,  needing to atone for their failure, have picked another fight: threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over the Department of Justice’s refusal to provide the audio recordings of Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur in the classified documents probe.  Garland is refusing to play...

  • Senate decides not to bother with House GOP's dumb impeachment stunt

    House Republicans really wanted an impeachment of someone. President Joe Biden, preferably, or his son Hunter, or maybe Hunter’s laptop, or perhaps Hunter’s dog walker. They decided on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn’t commit any high crimes or misdemeanors but did attempt to execute the policies of the administration in which he serves.  On Wednesday, the Senate took one look at the articles of impeachment oh-so-solemnly delivered by a hard-right House faction just...

  • House Oversight GOP opens investigation into threat of radical ecoterrorists

    EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans on the Oversight Committee are requesting a briefing from the FBI on the threat of ecoterrorism as the committee prepares to launch an investigation into possible threats against domestic energy infrastructure from the climate change movement. In a letter obtained first by the Washington Examiner, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), […]

  • Biden makes shots at GOP, media at White House Correspondents' Dinner

    President Biden tries his hand at comedy in front of the press at the White

  • Independents breaking for GOP in toss-up Colorado House district: Polling memo

    EXCLUSIVE — Independent voters in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District are leaning toward a Republican challenger to incumbent Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), according to a GOP polling memo showing the freshman lawmaker in a vulnerable position in one of the most competitive races of the 2024 cycle.  Despite making history as the first Latina member to […]