Just over six months after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speakership by House Democrats and a handful of Republicans, current Speaker Mike Johnson faces a similar threat. A number of Republicans in the House object to the way in which Johnson is handling foreign aid legislation that would give billions to […]
The White House on Thursday refused to answer whether President Biden’s Uncle Ambrose Finnegan was eaten by cannibals, a claim Mr. Biden suggested twice this week and was contradicted by military records. At two campaign events in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Mr. Biden implied his uncle was eaten by cannibals after his plane crashed in New […]
Joe Biden doesn’t even know where he is most of the time. He gets lost on stage and can’t remember when or how his son died. He mixes up world leaders, and claims to have spoken with dead people. Is he really the guy running the country? Well, O’Keefe […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win […]
Speaker Mike Johnson is attempting to stave off a mutiny after less than six months on the job, and his hold on the top leadership spot could hinge on a package of foreign aid bills the House planned to vote on this week. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is facing pushback from Republicans over a broad […]
It was an investigation in search of a violation of federal law. It was a waste of time. Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy requested that carpenters in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) make eight gavels from fallen trees on the campus. An agency watchdog group launched an investigation after it received a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday night his proposal to pass four separate measures this week to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, risking his speakership if he advanced any funding legislation for Ukraine. However, Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, brushed off concerns about rank-and-file threats to his speakership over Ukraine funding. “I don’t […]
WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday rejected a long-shot effort from House Republicans to get President Joe Biden to testify before lawmakers in the GOP’s stalled impeachment inquiry. In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, the White House dismissed the invitation sent to Biden last month, calling it a “partisan charade” […]
A bill reauthorizing the government’s chief spying tool is on its way to the Senate after House lawmakers on Monday swatted down a last-ditch bid to block it. A group of GOP lawmakers attempted to torpedo the re-upping of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s warrantless spying power with a vote to reconsider the bill’s passage […]
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner advocated Sunday against the U.S. retaliating against Iran for its drone attacks on Israel. “I don’t think, at this point, that the United States should be engaged in a military action directly at Iran,” the Ohio Republican said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But I do believe that if […]
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