The event made up for what it lacked in immediate importance with novelty and volume.
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Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) delivered on his promise to address the funding of the federal government in such a way that it can be summarized in two words: status quo.
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Immediately following what was marketed by the White House as a highly productive meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in San Francisco, Biden responded truthfully when asked by a reporter if he felt Xi was a dictator.
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After this week’s Republican presidential debate, the one clear thing was effectively that which has been resoundingly evident since the outset – former President Donald Trump is the prohibitive favorite and there seems little any of his conservative challengers can do about it.
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As the days have turned into weeks, Israel’s battle against the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza has continued to grow both in intensity and international effect.
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Christianity figures prominently in Johnson’s past and present, will likely pace his future
Democrats and Republicans alike agree that Mike Johnson is a traditionalist Christian. The debate that wages is whether this is a good thing.
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As late as 1:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, law enforcement officials continued their frantic search for the suspect in a horrific mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
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Despite the mathematical odyssey he faces, Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, like Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) before him, is giving every indication he plans to dig in and play the long game against the almost two dozen Republican holdouts who are preventing him from becoming the new Speaker of the House.
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As the Speakership Turns: Scalise withdraws as Republicans continue search for sufficiently strong candidate
Thursday, a day after being voted as the Republican conferences’ nominee for Speaker of the House, Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise announced he was no longer seeking the job.
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As the House of Representatives sits without a full-time Speaker, the only certainties are that neither a Democrat nor former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will hold the job next.
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Gaetz, by his own design, sits in a powerful position. Now, as a shutdown looms, McCarthy will be forced to win over Gaetz and the Freedom Caucus or face removal.
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The long-expected clash between Kevin McCarthy and the Freedom Caucus could produce a scenario when Congress in unable to reach a spending agreement before an Oct. 1 deadline.