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At the Races: Deck the House with boughs of chaos
Starting gate Nevertheless, he persists: Mitch McConnell is leaving Senate GOP leadership but will hold ample sway over Trump’s nominees and agenda, our colleague John T.
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In final month of the session, Congress looks to clean up loose ends, prepare for Trump
Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations, have already started making the rounds.
Photos of the week ending November 15, 2024
-elect Sam T. Liccardo, D-Calif., talks with the media on Tuesday outside the AC Hotel on Capitol Hill as new members arrived for orientation week.
Trump launches transition with nomination blitz
Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., who is a former gubernatorial candidate in New York, is Trump’s choice to lead the EPA.
Historians, legal experts express dismay at Trump immunity ruling
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a statement that the ruling "makes perfect sense to me" because core constitutional authorities must come with absolute immunity and other official acts will be determined
Clearfield leads press to win over politicians in National Press Club Spelling Bee
I don’t think they’d give something that easy at the end if it was just n-a-t-h-i-c." Clearfield and Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., were the final two contestants competing to win the bee.
Trump griped about trial but did not use holiday to hit multiple swing states
But in a surreal scene, a politician who typically only addresses fans sporting "Make America Great Again" hats and t-shirts was booed, jeered and heckled.
Democratic lawmakers seek ways to change Israeli approach in Gaza
If House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., decides to bring the measure up under suspension of the rules, there might be enough votes to clear the bill without reopening for changes to the Israel and Palestinian-related
Luetkemeyer, Hill favorites for top Financial Services Republican
Patrick T. McHenry as the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee, according to colleagues and K Street observers.Â
Congress at Christmas: A debacle of democracy
Already, nearly three dozen House members have announced they are not running for reelection next year, including defrocked Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and his respected temporary replacement, Patrick
In a raucous vote after weeks of chaos, House GOP picks a mild-mannered speaker
Rising to nominate Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar noted the shift in mood as he addressed Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry.
Speaker race enters critical week with new urgency, no clear outcome
But with no clear front-runner between the two chief candidates — Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio — it wasn’t obvious the conference would be able to unite
Is this the leadership America deserves? Seriously?
But what about those who wanted change, but not the drama of representatives such as Gaetz — and Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., George Santos, R-N.Y., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo?
McCarthy becomes first speaker in history ousted
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., was named speaker pro tempore immediately after the vote, and called for a recess for members to discuss the matter. "The House will be paralyzed.
Colleagues honor Feinstein as death leaves Senate vacancy
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee who formally objected when Schumer tried to make the temporary replacement, said circumstances would be different in the event of a
Senate dress code spat continues: Avoid a shutdown and I’ll wear a suit, Fetterman says
Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, as she headed to the first votes of the week on Monday. "I think we’ve got to maintain a level of decorum."
Climate protesters disrupted the congressional softball game. Lawmakers had a dance party
Wearing t-shirts with the message "End Fossil Fuels," they linked arms and stood in a circle.Â
‘Pariah’ vs. ‘May be far worse’: Swing voters have a clear choice on handling Putin
Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., tweeted: "Joe Biden just said that Putin is losing the war in Iraq. I guess Biden’s brain shut off some time during that war, so he thinks we’re still fighting it." Rep.
How inmate Trump could become President Trump and pardon himself
Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., before echoing Trump in bringing up Hillary Clinton’s dismissed case about her handling of emails while secretary of State: "What people are concerned about … is that when certain
DeSantis vs. Trump: What if this political David cannot slay the Trump Goliath?
Todd Young, R-Ind., sounded off against Trump’s eyeball-popping federal debt default endorsement during a May 10 CNN town hall.