Republican Rep. Jake LaTurner of Kansas, who has been serving as a House lawmaker since early 2021, has announced that he will not seek re-election this year."I will proudly serve the remainder of the 118th Congress, but after much prayer and consideration, I will not seek reelection this Fall. The people of Kansas who elected me to serve in the United States House of Representatives have given me the professional honor of my life, but it is time to pursue other opportunities and have the...
UPDATE (April 17, 2024, 4:35 p.m. ET): Democrats in the Senate voted that both impeachment articles did not rise to the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors," making them unconstitutional and putting an end to the trial. Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. On Saturday, the antidemocratic regime in Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at our democratic ally, Israel, while Russia simultaneously sent the same Iranian-designed drones into Ukraine. On Monday, Donald Trump...
Speaker Mike Johnson is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory yet
A major Republican Jewish group became the latest notable organization to back a primary challenge to Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.). The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) announced Monday that it was backing state Sen. John McGuire (R) in the GOP congressional primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, citing Good’s vote Saturday against a foreign aid package
The last Republican House member representing Philadelphia's suburbs will
Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and James Comer (R-KY) fought a battle of words in a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing Wednesday over the Republican's beleaguered efforts to impeach President Joe Biden and was almost immediately mocked. Raskin repeatedly slammed Comer over his party's repeated accusations that Biden had accepted bribes, despite an investigation that has yet to turn up a smoking gun, demanding to know which crime Republicans believed Biden had committed and received a less...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is facing the heat from his hard-right Republican colleagues over comments he made this weekend, fueling more endorsements for his primary opponents. The Texas Republican, who is facing a runoff in the GOP primary against Brandon Herrera next month, included Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) among the “scumbags” […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales celebrated that Speaker Mike Johnson ignored the 'fringe' in the Republican party by pushing forward aid to Ukraine. He accused Rep. Matt Gaetz of paying minors to have sex with him. Gonzales also accused the Republican fringe of wearing 'white hoods'
The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...
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A few numbers illustrate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) precarious hold on the gavel and the dilemma for House Republicans more broadly. The Ukraine aid package that is the latest policy imperiling Johnson was opposed by 112 Republicans while only 101 voted yes. (That is identical to the breakdown among Republicans on the March $1.2 trillion […]