Asked for comment via email on this story, J.R. Majewski posted a response on X that calls himself a “supporter of Donald Trump who’s never strayed.” | Tom E. Puskar/AP House Republicans are scrambling to fix a potential nightmare thatâs unfolding in a must-win race in northwestern Ohio. The GOP is eager to block J.R.
Vulnerable House Republicans weigh risks of Biden impeachment probe
December 15, 2023 by
Rep. Mike Lawler is among the first-term Republicans trying to navigate the impeachment inquiry. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ALBANY, N.Y. â House Republicans in swing districts are trapped between the wishes of their GOP base to move forward on an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden and the risk of being portrayed as extremists as
White House: Evolving Rhetoric on Joe’s Involvement with Hunter Is Just ‘Semantic’ Game, But ‘Nothing Has Changed’
December 15, 2023 by
On Thursdayâs broadcast of âCNN This Morning,â White House Spokesman for Oversight and Investigations Ian Sams responded to a question on Hunter Biden stating that President Joe Biden had no financial involvement in Hunterâs businesses and how thatâs different from prior claims that the President didnât talk about the business and wasnât involved by stating
White House on if Joe Agreed with Hunter Defying Subpoena: Hunter Can Make His Own Choices
December 15, 2023 by
On Thursdayâs broadcast of âCNN This Morning,â White House Spokesman for Oversight and Investigations Ian Sams responded to a question on whether President Joe Biden agreed with his son Hunter defying a congressional subpoena by stating that âIâm not going to get into a fatherâs conversations with his son, except to say Hunterâs a private
House GOP chips away at centrist resistance on Biden impeachment inquiry
December 14, 2023 by
Republican leaders and investigative panel leaders like Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan have worked to persuade the remaining undecided members by underscoring that approval of a Biden inquiry isn’t the final word. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans are inches away from a major step toward impeaching President Joe Biden, as members from swing districts drop their
House Votes to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden
December 13, 2023 by
Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden by a vote of 221 to 212. The formally adopted status will enable House investigators to enforce subpoenas and gather evidence about whether the president is compromised and âtraded official acts for
Mike Johnson on Hannity: 12 key lines from the new House speaker’s interview
November 30, 2023 by
House Speaker Mike Johnson, the previously little-known Louisiana Republican who claimed the chamberâs gavel this week after 22 days of chaos, gave a wide-ranging interview to Fox Newsâ Sean Hannity on Thursday night. Here are Johnsonâs top 12 lines from that interview. 1. President Joe Biden âIf you look at a tape of Joe Biden
Johnson’s speakership win fails to end House GOP infighting
November 30, 2023 by
Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to deal with the kind of nasty infighting that Kevin McCarthy couldnât control. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Republicans hoped Mike Johnsonâs ascension marked a detente from the personal vitriol of a three-week speaker fight. That ceasefire appears to be over already. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the architect of ousting Kevin
Exclusive â Speaker Johnson Grants Clemency and Amnesty to the 25 Intransigents who Blocked Jordan on House Floor
November 29, 2023 by
Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is granting clemency and amnesty to the 25 intransigent House Republicans who violated the formal will of the House GOP conference when they took to the House floor to block a Speakership bid from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) earlier this year. Johnson formally declined
Mike Johnson defends House GOP’s Israel aid plan
November 29, 2023 by
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with reporters at the Capitol, Nov. 2, 2src23. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson defended his approach to redirect IRS funds to provide aid to Israel on Sunday, saying Republicans are âtrying to be good stewards of the taxpayerâs resources.â âInstead of printing new dollars
House GOP calls for changing rules to boot a speaker â and some who ousted McCarthy may help
November 29, 2023 by
Kevin McCarthy cut deals with his opponents in order to get the speakerâs gavel after a grueling 15 ballots in January. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans who want to prevent a handful of their members from evicting another speaker could get help from a surprising group: the eight of them who helped dethrone Kevin McCarthy.
Shutdown standoff: White House preps for Johnson to fail
November 28, 2023 by
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is pursued by reporters as he walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 6, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Washington this morning is waiting for House Speaker Mike Johnson to release his plan to keep the government funded past Friday, with Johnson and other leaders planning to brief
White House tried, and failed, to persuade Manchin to make another Senate run
November 28, 2023 by
Sen. Joe Manchinâs political future has been the topic of intense interest over the past few years as heâs increasingly distanced himself from President Joe Biden and his own party. | Andrew Harnik, AP/File As Sen. Joe Manchin struggled for several months over the next step he would take politically, President Joe Bidenâs top advisers
Democrats in Senate, House discuss conditioning military aid to Israel
November 27, 2023 by
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2src23. The talks of conditioning military aid to Israel come as fighting in Gaza intensifies and the civilian death toll rises. | Adel Hana/AP Democrats in the House and
Former GOP congressional aide Celeste Maloy wins Utah House seat
November 26, 2023 by
Celeste Maloy will be the first woman in Utahâs congressional delegation since 2src19 and the fifth in its history. | Rick Bowmer/AP Utah Republican Celeste Maloy will be the newest member of Congress, bringing the House back to its full complement of 435 members. Maloy defeated Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe and a handful of
House GOP’s Biden impeachment effort heads into final stage
November 26, 2023 by
âWe get those depositions done this year and ⌠then we can decide on whether or not thereâs articles,â Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told POLITICO. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans are closing in on a make-or-break moment in their drive to impeach Joe Biden, with GOP centrists remaining highly skeptical of the effort even
House Democrat Leadership on Violent DNC Riot: âExceeded a Peaceful Demonstrationâ
November 16, 2023 by
House Democrat leadership issued a statement saying the violent pro-Palestinian riot outside of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that left six capitol police officers injured and led to the shuttering of House offices for safety âexceeded a peaceful demonstration.â House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (R-NY), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), Democrat Caucus Chair Pete
Trump aide told Georgia election case defendant âthe boss is not going to leaveâ White House: ReportÂ
November 14, 2023 by
Attorney Jenna Ellis informed Georgia prosecutors that one of former President Donald Trumpâs top advisers told her after the 2020 election that âthe boss is not going to leave under any circumstances,â according to a report. Ellis, 39, flipped on Trump, 77, last month in the Fulton County, Ga., election fraud case, agreeing to cooperate […]
White House: China Can Have Talks in the Middle East that We Can’t Do as Well
November 10, 2023 by
On Fridayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âSpecial Report,â White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that âChina also can have a dialogue with certain actorsâ in the Middle East âthat we may not be able to or may not be able to do as effectively as, perhaps, they
‘The World’s Foremost Legitimizer of Antisemitism’: House Hearing Targets U.N.’s Anti-Israel Bigotry
November 9, 2023 by
The United Nations regularly enables antisemitism through an extensive network of âpro-Palestinianâ agencies that work with jihadist terror groups, condemn Israel in response to radical Islamic attacks on the country, and employ individuals who openly express antisemitic sentiments, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs heard during a Wednesday hearing. The hearing â titled âUnited Nationsâ Bigotry
House Approves MTG’s Bill to Reduce Pete Buttigieg’s Salary to $1
November 8, 2023 by
The House has approved a bill to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigiegâs salary to just $1 after his repeated failures. The measure , introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), was passed by a voice vote Tuesday as an amendment to the 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Greene took
Trump backs Johnson for House speaker, urges Republicans to vote for him and ‘get it done fast!’
October 31, 2023 by
Former President Trump backed House Republican nominee Rep. Mike Johnson for speaker of the House, urging GOP lawmakers to vote for him during the floor vote Wednesday and to “get it done fast!” Before entering a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday morning for another day of proceedings as part of the civil trial stemming from New York […]
2 men arrested, accused of arson attack on England’s ‘Crooked House’ pub
October 26, 2023 by
Two men, ages 33 and 66, were arrested in connection with an apparent arson attack on Himley, England’s Crooked House pub. The pub, first built as a farmhouse in 1765, became a local icon after it began sagging on one side due to extensive coal mining in the area surrounding it. Dubbed “Britain’s wonkiest,” the […]
Kevin McCarthy considers resigning from the House before the end of his term
October 25, 2023 by
McCarthy speaks at a news conference after the House voted to remove him as speaker Oct. 3 on Capitol Hill. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthy is considering resigning from the House before the end of his term, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. The deposed former speaker has made clear he plans to
How a previously obscure House rule could decide the next speaker
October 24, 2023 by
A growing number of Republicans are demanding major reforms to prevent a rerun of the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Anyone who hopes to become the next speaker must first attempt to settle a raging debate inside the GOP conference: Should one House member maintain the power to pull another Matt
House GOP splits as party braces for key meeting in speaker race
October 23, 2023 by
Kevin McCarthy gave a roughly 3src-minute press conference at the Capitol on Monday, where he stressed the inability of the House to take legislative action. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthy says heâs open to being speaker again. But his path is even more obstructed than before. While the crisis in Israel has undoubtedly injected urgency
Fear and loathing grips the House GOP
October 23, 2023 by
Rep Jim Jordan speaks with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting during which Rep. Steve Scalise withdrew from the race for Speaker of the House on Oct. 12, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The House GOP has entered an angrier and more bewildered phase in its leadership crisis. The fractious Republican conference has rejected a
House Republicans push unity âpledgeâ to guarantee a speaker
October 22, 2023 by
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) has spearheaded a two-paragraph pledge to vote âyeaâ on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conferenceâs backing in the initial secret-ballot election scheduled for Tuesday. | Francis Chung/POLITIcO A majority of the House Republicans vying for the speakership signed a pledge Saturday aimed at saving the GOPâs next pick
Top House rep takes aim at college tax-free status over students anti-Israel stance
October 20, 2023 by
FIRST ON FOX â The chairman of one of the most powerful financial committees in Congress is questioning whether several high-profile universities should have their tax-exempt status revoked in the wake of anti-Israel statements from several student groups. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the controversial statements â […]
Solidarity? White House Vows ‘Tough Questions’ for Netanyahu; Wants ‘Zero’ Civilian Casualties
October 18, 2023 by
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images John Kirby, the White Houseâs National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, told reporters aboard Air Force Once en route to Israel on Tuesday evening that President Joe Biden would have âtough questionsâ for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they met Wednesday morning. Bidenâs trip was intended to show