When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) led his crazy eight Republican comrades to join with the entire Democratic caucus to eject Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the House speakership, the Florida rabble-rouser claimed to do so in the name of reducing federal spending, saying, "I don't think the adult in the room would allow America to sit atop a $33 trillion debt facing $2.2 trillion annual deficits." Two weeks, two failed speakership votes, two speaker nominees later, and Gaetz's hand-picked successor to McCarthy is now promising to overturn one of Donald Trump's marquee achievements in deficit reduction in exchange for winning the speakership.

Conservatives have spent so much energy in recent months defending Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from overblown allegations of ethical blindness that they haven’t considered the benefits that Supreme Court ethics rules would bring.

Israel’s ground assault on the Gaza Strip has yet to begin, but already, politicians and liberals are demanding Israel pause its assault to enable humanitarian relief to flow into Gaza. Speaking on the floor of the Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared, “Canada is calling for unimpeded humanitarian access and a humanitarian corridor so that essential aid like food, fuel, and water can be delivered to civilians in Gaza. It is imperative that this happen.”

Late on Sunday evening, a flight touched down in Tampa, Florida, carrying Americans evacuated from Israel. On Monday, a few more arrived. All were grateful to be back in the U.S. little more than one week after the world watched in horror as Hamas slaughtered innocent men, women, and children simply for existing. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) led the evacuation effort in concert with Project Dynamo. He may only be running for the highest office in the land, but his actions are already presidential.

BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman left no doubt where he stood on the war in Israel in a Wednesday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. In it, Fetterman took aim at fellow western Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Summer Lee’s insistence that a ceasefire be called. He also forced his in-state Senate colleague Bob Casey, Jr., a Scranton Democrat, to finally take a stand.