Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, in a Tuesday interview, downplayed the likelihood that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would ultimately face an effort by his conference to oust him as speaker. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill" on Tuesday, Good said he was committed to working on passing urgent legislation
With the 2024 presidential election looming, Donald Trump insiders are feuding with the far-right members of the House Freedom Caucus whose leader endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) leaving bruised feelings and lingering resentment. Previously headed up by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) — both of whom went on to serve as White House chief of staff for the former president — Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) is now at the helm and that has members of Trump's inner circle furious because of...
Former House speaker says Matt Gaetz led charge to remove him to quash allegations Florida representative ‘slept with a 17-year-old’The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz forced Kevin McCarthy out as House speaker last year “because he slept with a 17-year-old” and wanted a congressional ethics investigation to end, McCarthy charged on Tuesday.“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” McCarthy said, at an event at Georgetown University in Washington. Continue reading
Soon after the Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed, President Joe Biden assured the public that he intended to use federal resources to rebuild it. The incumbent Democrat said he’d spoken to state and local officials, and he told them, “[W]e’re going to send all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency.” In theory, given the economic significance of the bridge, congressional Republicans shouldn’t have any problem with what Biden said. In practice, it’s apparently not that...
On Monday, the House Freedom Caucus warned Republican leadership not to use Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend as a justification to pass aid for Ukraine, calling the pretext "bogus."
The president's newest initiative would see 30 million total Americans
By Elaine S. Povich for Minnesota Reformer When a Republican colleague threatened to read aloud from a two-foot stack of books—including a biblical guide to leadership and a tome by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist—to protest inaction on his bills last week, Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin quickly took up the cause. Seizing on a chance to hijack the planned schedule, Brattin spoke for about 45 minutes, accusing the leaders of his own Republican Party of ignoring some bills and making things...
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good is pleading with Speaker Mike Johnson for help in fending off a primary challenger backed by Good's colleagues. Wow. That's embarrassing.
The U.S. government argues that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be prosecuted because he’s a “hacker” not a journalist. So why isn’t it satisfied with punishing him like one? While awaiting extradition, Assange has now served five years in Belmarsh Prison in the U.K. — the statutory maximum sentence under U.S. law for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. This week marks five years since Julian Assange was imprisoned in the U.K., where he awaits extradition to...
President Joe Biden hasn’t submitted an emergency supplemental request for federal funds to repair the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, but the House Freedom Caucus is already taking the funding hostage. The extremists laid out their official position Friday, ahead of Biden’s trip to Baltimore to visit the site of the deadly bridge collapse and meet with officials and victims' families. The hard-liners insist that any federal money only be used on bridge repairs, but are also demanding a...
President Joe Biden’s biggest Republican foes in the House are not outright rejecting his request for federal relief as he travels to Baltimore on Friday to inspect the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — but it won’t come for free, they say. The House Freedom Caucus released its position on whether federal […]
Jadon Sancho is one step closer to becoming the first player contracted to Manchester United to reach the Champions League final since 2011. The 24-year-old was frozen out of the Red Devils side by