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Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House at last has a new speaker and the 2024 presidential field has thoughts. Meanwhile, Vivek Ramaswamy says he’s scheduled another debate — but not with a GOP rival. And Nikki Haley picked up a notable endorsement. Here are campaign takeaways for Wednesday: Republican hopefuls weigh in on new […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman will plead guilty after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building before the House of Representatives voted on a stopgap spending bill to fund the government last month. “I’m thankful for the quick resolution from the District of […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative hard-liner, staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, and a 2020 election denier, was elected House speaker Wednesday after three failed GOP tries to choose a leader over three weeks. Johnson’s election is the latest twist in the chaotic speaker battle. Three other lawmakers — […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy dubbed by critics and the media as #LecternGate or #PodiumGate — a silly-sounding name for a potentially serious issue involving an unusual payment with tax dollars and an alteration to the receipt of how that money was […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman will plead guilty after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building before the House of Representatives voted on a stopgap spending bill to fund the government last month. “I’m thankful for the quick resolution from the District of Columbia Attorney General’s office […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. The House is expected to vote on Johnson as speaker Wednesday afternoon. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. The House is expected to vote on Johnson as speaker Wednesday afternoon. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. The House is expected to vote on Johnson as speaker Wednesday afternoon. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis traded memes and criticisms while, elsewhere on the trail, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott made an unusual warning about Chinese students in the U.S., President Joe Biden slammed a decision to restrict abortion in a key swing state — and a suspected Democratic primary candidate […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. It took several rounds on Tuesday night to narrow things down from a five-candidate field, but Johnson stayed in the […]
