Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the effort to throw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is facing a primary challenger likely recruited by Mr. McCarthy in his quest to take out the faction of eight House GOP lawmakers who voted to remove him more than six months ago. Former Naval aviator Aaron Dimmock filed on Friday to […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales went after his Republican colleagues Sunday while defending House Speaker Mike Johnson against motion to vacate threats. Mr. Gonzales, Texas Republican, voted yes on Mr. Johnson’s four-bill foreign aid package that passed the House on Saturday and will be voted on by the Senate Tuesday. The bills passed with the support of […]
A confidential settlement has been reached in the sexual assault case against Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, sources disclosed to CNN. The lawsuit, which alleged unwanted sexual advances, was dropped following a financial agreement. Carlton Huffman, the political operative who filed the suit, reportedly received $480,000 through an insurance policy, a […]
Carlton Huffman — a staffer working for the former Herschel Walker campaign – has dropped his lawsuits against American Conservative Union head Matt Schlapp and his wife, Mercedes Schlapp, according to statements from the main parties. Daniel Lippman of POLITICO reported that in a statement on Tuesday, Huffman said he was discontinuing his lawsuits and […]
Carlton Huffman, the man who accused Conservative Political Action Conference President Matt Schlapp of unwanted sexual advances, dropped his lawsuit and apologized, a representative for Mr. Schlapp said Tuesday. Mr. Huffman filed a lawsuit last year against Mr. Schlapp, who he said groped him in a car while he was working for Republican Herschel Walker’s […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A former Virginia lawmaker was arrested over the weekend on felony gun and drug charges and a misdemeanor charge of violating a protective order, according to a sheriff’s office official and jail records. Matt Fariss, who had served in the House of Delegates as a Republican since 2012 before running unsuccessfully last […]
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida threw shade on the credibility of a Democratic witness Wednesday as the House Oversight Committee held a hearing as part of its impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Witness Lev Parnas had been a witness for the Democrats during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and was later convicted […]
Rep. Matt Rosendale is threatening to take legal action against former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp after she claimed on a podcast that the Montana Republican withdrew from the Senate race because he impregnated a young staffer. “This is 100% false and defamatory and former Senator Heitkamp will be hearing from our lawyers soon,” Ron Kovach, a […]
Matt Barnes, whose 14-year NBA career included a stint with the 2017 NBA champion Golden State Warriors, will no longer be appearing on NBC Sports California. Neither the network nor Barnes would explain the parting of the ways when contacted by the Sacramento Bee. Barnes had been in his third year as an analyst for […]
Ex-Montana GOP Rep. Denny Rehberg on Wednesday announced his bid to replace Matt Rosendale in Montana’s deep-red 2nd District. Mr. Rehberg served as Montana’s lone congressman from 2001 to 2013 and retired from politics after unsuccessful Senate bids against Democrats Max Baucus and Jon Tester. “Joe Biden is making America unrecognizable — and I want […]
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