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Jordan-McHenry deal for speaker is bad for the House and for the GOP

The reported deal to temporarily break the impasse for House Speaker is a terrible idea that wise House Republicans and Democrats alike should reject.

Antisemite, pro-terrorist Rashida Tlaib does not belong in Congress

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) isn’t just an antisemite. She is, simply put, pro-terrorist, and there is no reason she should be a member of Congress.

New questions in Biden classified documents investigation

NEW QUESTIONS IN BIDEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS INVESTIGATION. Recently, the White House announced that President Joe Biden was interviewed for two days, Oct. 8 and 9, by Robert Hur, the special counsel investigating Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents. The news set off speculation that Hur's investigation was reaching its end, given that prosecutors often wait until they have finished most of their information-gathering before questioning the target of the investigation.

Supreme Court won’t restart Louisiana congressional map redrawing

The Supreme Court denied two emergency requests to restart the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map, a process that was likely to add a second majority-Black district. A map passed by Louisiana’s Republican-controlled legislature is currently blocked by a federal district judge’s preliminary ruling, which sided with a group of Black voters racial justice organizations’ claims...

Senate unanimously adopts resolution stating support for Israel 

The Senate voted unanimously Thursday afternoon, 97-0, in favor of a resolution stating the Senate stands firmly with Israel and firmly against Hamas.   Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who withheld his support for the resolution earlier in the week, was able to get language added to the resolution to make clear that it should not...

Gaetz says he will do ‘everything possible’ to stop empowering McHenry

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) said he will do “everything possible” to prevent the empowering of Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.). “I’m against ‘Speaker Light’,” Gaetz said in a clip posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter Thursday. “I’m against Bud Light. I believe it is a constitutional desecration to not elect...

House conservatives sound alarm on possible ‘Democrat-deal speaker’ as Jordan’s bid falls flat

House conservatives are bashing a bipartisan effort to temporarily expand Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry's powers to move legislation as interim speaker.

Senate prepares for Biden to send supplemental funding request with Israel, Ukraine aid

The Biden administration plans to submit an emergency funding request for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan to the Senate this week, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Thursday.

User’s manual to House gambit to temporarily sidetrack Jordan and install McHenry as interim speaker

The House is in historic territory with a proposal to empower Patrick McHenry as an interim speaker. And it's unclear whether enough Republicans would support the plan anyway.

Inside the chaos on Capitol Hill as hundreds of pro-Palestinian Jews arrested: ‘A moral catastrophe’

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after flooding into the Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill with signs and chants. Here's what protesters had to say.

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